Ortom VS WIKE,......Ortom has lost control – Wike hits Benue governor again......There are more killings in Rivers than Benue – Ortom blasts Wike

hehehe........Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has affirmed that he has no regrets for asking the military to take over Benue State, insisting that Samuel Ortom has lost control of the state.
Wike said the wanton killings in the state was becoming unbearable, hence his call for declaration of state of emergency in the state.

The governor had called on the Nigerian government to do the needful by declaring a state of emergency on the state so as to end the incessant killings.
He reaffirmed his statement on Thursday when the Governing Council of the University of Port Harcourt, paid him a courtesy call at Government House, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
He said, “Benue Governor has lost control. That is why there is an immediate need to declare a state of emergency for the restoration of security and protection of the people.
“If you are from Benue State, I apologise. But when Rivers State had security challenges, Governor Ortom of Benue State was amongst the APC governors who plotted for the declaration of state of emergency in the state.

“When the problem of insecurity started here in Rivers State, instead of joining hands to proffer solutions, they politicised it. Unless all those at the fore front of the plot against the state repent, this insecurity will visit them one after the other.”
Wike said as a result of the politicisation of security by APC governors , insecurity had been exported to several parts of the country.
 
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has fired back at his River State counterpart, Nyesom Wike for calling him an unqualified governor.
Ortom warned Wike to face the crisis in his state where there were more killings and leave Benue alone.

Wike had called on the Federal Government to declare state of emergency in Benue over the killings in the state and Ortom’s inability to manage the situation.
“No excuse is acceptable for the high number of deaths in Benue.
“You can’t have a governor watching helplessly as his people are being killed. What kind of governor is that. He has displayed sheer laziness and incapacity in the whole issue, and this is quite unfortunate,” Wike had said.
In a swift reaction, Ortom fired back, describing Wike’s statement as laughable.

He said, “It is unfortunate that someone of his status will be making such outburst because there are more killings in Rivers than Benue.
“In Rivers, there is no rule of law but here in Benue there is rule of law; that is why we have taken proactive steps to stop the Fulani herdsmen attacks on our people.
“We have sent an anti-grazing bill to the state house of assembly. When the bill is passed, we will go a step further on the criminality of some hoodlums. We are on top of the situation.
“I inherited a state where everything is comatose; criminality was on its peak but with the steps we have taken, you all are witness to the fact that crime in the state has been reduced to barest minimum.

“But as a leader with fear of God I will continue to pray for him, let God help him to succeed, I leave him with his conscience.”