''Governor Ortom Accuses Special Duties Minister George Akume of Plotting to Disrupt Benue Governance''
On Tuesday, January 14, Governor Samuel Ortom accused the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, George Akume, of planning to make Benue State ungovernable.
Ortom further alleged that Akume has already enlisted individuals to carry out his threat, and he stated that he will not be diverted by such strategies.
A press release from the Governor's Media Aide, Tever Akase, conveyed the Governor's stance:
“When the present administration had challenges of salary payment in 2017, Senator Akume used almost every public gathering to explain to Benue people the economic realities which made regular payment of salaries difficult. It is therefore contradictory that the same man would turn round today to criticize the Governor on the issue...