Benue State And Gov. Ortom Don't Belong To The APC - Senator Blows Hot Over Herdsmen Killings

A senator and founder of Silverbird Group, Ben-Murray Bruce, has said that Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State should not be in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

 

Ben Murray Bruce

 

Influential politician and member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ben-Murray Bruce, has taken to his official twitter handle to condemn President Muhammadu Buhari as well as other APC governors for not paying a visit to the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, who is also a member of the party.

 

Senator Bruce who also said that the governor should not be in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), made the comment few days after the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his Ekiti State counterpart, Ayodele Fayose, both in PDP, paid a condolence visit to the governor, and also made monetary donations to the state for victims of the attacks.

 

The lawmaker in the Tweet, flayed the APC for its perceived non-challance towards the mayhem going on in one of the states controlled by their party.

 

He wrote: “What is Governor Ortom still doing in the APC? Benue and Ortom don’t belong in the APC? Has the APC President visited him to condole with the state?

 

“How many APC Governors have contributed to help the victims? What benefit has Ortom and Benue derived from voting for the President?,” Bruce tweeted.

 

He expressed disappointment at how the president visited Nasarawa state to commission schools despite the killings going on in several parts of the county.

 

“Will @realDonaldTrump or @theresa_may go to a state in their nation to commission a school when its neighbouring state has just suffered from a horrific mass killing?

 

“What would it have cost the President to also visit Benue and sympathise with people who voted massively for him?” he added.

What is Governor Ortom still doing in the APC? Benue and Ortom dont belong in the APC? Has the APC President visited him to condole with the state? How many APC Governors have contributed to help the victims? What benefit has Ortom and Benue derived from voting for the President?

— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) February 8, 2018

Will @realDonaldTrump or @theresa_may go to a state in their nation to commission a school when its neighbouring state has just suffered from a horrific mass killing? What would it have cost the President to also visit Benue and sympathize with people who voted massively for him?

— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) February 8, 2018