Thirteen governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections in Benue State have kicked against the imminent return of Governor Samuel Ortom to the party.

Thirteen governorship aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections in Benue State have kicked against the imminent return of Governor Samuel Ortom to the party.

As Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state ponders of his continued membership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, youth groups under the aegis of Benue Youth Alliance For Ortom have urged him to quit the APC saying his travails in the party for standing with the people in the face of adversity were reminiscent of the Senator Joseph Tarka’s era.

At last, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Monday, declared that he has left the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and was considering pitching tent with another political party in due time to run for a second term in office.

A day later, a police officer and a farmer were reportedly murdered by suspected herdsmen in Uvir Council Ward of Guma LGA

In an apparent move to checkmate perceived disloyalty and insubordination in his administration ahead of 2019 general elections, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue states has sacked his State Executive Council, SEC.

Head of the Benue State Livestock Guards, Alhaji Aliyu Teshaku, has dragged the Director General of Department of State Services, DSS, the Chief of Army Staff and the Attorney General of the Federation to a Makurdi Federal High Court, seeking the enforcement of his fundamental human rights over his alleged unlawful detention.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, yesterday, flagged off the distribution of farm input to 4,244 rice and cassava farmers in Benue State under its Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP, for the 2018 farming season.

Makurdi—Tribal leaders in Benue State, on the platform of the Mdzough U Tiv, MUT, Idoma National Forum, INF, and Omi Ny’Igede, ONI, have rejected Federal Government’s proposal to use over N179 billion to construct ranches in 10 states, expressing fear that the proposal could be a plan to grab and hand over Benue land to herdsmen in the guise of ranches.

The Benue Youths Forum, the umbrella body of all youth groups in Benue State have exonerated President Muhammadu Buhari from the incessant killings in the state.