On April 18, 2018 I wrote a column in this paper on Governor Ortom’s little Davids. The piece in question was provoked by the governor’s deep-rooted belief in the spiritual efficacy of the Biblical stone of David, which dealt a deadly blow to Goliath and his invading army.
Since 2018, the attacks have spread throughout the North with abduction of children in schools, with farmers chased out of their farms and poor innocent citizens being waylaid on the roads and kidnapped for ransom or the women raped in the presence of their husbands and their children. It has gone beyond Ortom’s Benue State and the use of stones. Unfortunately, the Federal Government and the vocal Northern elders seem always to be looking elsewhere but the North for the cause of this calamity.
Poor Samuel Ortom. Still there is no respite for this beleaguered governor of the embattled Benue State. Things got worse for Governor Ortom last week when his paramount ruler the Tor Tiv, Professor James Ayatse and some other prominent citizens of the state berated him for advising internally displaced persons in the IDP camps to go back home and defend their homes and hamlets with stones if they are not allowed to carry arms.
Face to face with Goliath who, according to the custom of the time, had come to taunt the Israeli soldiers, David brought out his sling and after murmuring some prayers, dealt a deadly blow at Goliath.
For the love of motherland and in her defense please FOLLOW US UP as we set the stage higher, we have come to stay and we must change the narratives of yesterday bcnewsroom
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APC congratulates Ortom at 60 | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsThe All Progressives Congress (APC) Benue chapter has congratulated Gov. Samuel Ortom on the occasion of his 60th birthday anniversary. Our politicians grow younger while the people get older . Hmmmm So Na 60 years old man run 1km that time , herders killers are wicked
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Ortom laments Monday’s attack on IDPs camp | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsGov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, Tuesday condemned the killing of seven persons in Monday’s attack on Abagena Internally Displaced person camp in Makurdi. The victory of evil over good is temporal. Keep the good works, the Lord is on your side. EndNigeriaNowToSaveLives
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Ortom holds no personal grudge against Buhari —Aide | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsThe Chief Press Secretary to the Benue State Governor, Mr. Terver Akase, has stated that his boss, Governor Samuel Ortom, has no personal grudge against President Mohammadu Buhari, but was only being patriotic. Buhari na em mate dama. Buhari wey see civil and stay to battle. Ordinary bandits e dey run fiom fiom, he is even run sotay he forgot governance and embrace redundancy. We know. He is merely using his criticisms of Buhari to deflect attention from his incompetence and dishonesty.
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Governor Obaseki, Shaibu, others tee off golf tourney | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World NewsEdo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, assured of plans by the state government to maintain the world-class facilities used in hosting the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020, in the state.
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