The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has concluded plans to arrest and intimidate the immediate former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom. Sources told SaharaReporters on Monday that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is behind it. According to the sources within the APC fold, the leader of the party in the state, Senator George Akume is part of the plot against Ortom. Ortom leaves office today, May 29, as his successor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, takes over.
Anti-Graft Agency EFCC Moves To Arrest, Prosecute Benue Governor, Ortom After Handover, Loss Of Immunity –SourcesSources told SaharaReporters on Monday that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in the state is behind it.
According to the sources within the APC fold, the leader of the party in the state, Senator George Akume is part of the plot against Ortom. Ortom leaves office today, May 29, as his successor, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, takes over."The plan is to use EFCC to arrest Governor Ortom as soon as he loses immunity today and take him to Abuja where he will later be transferred to Lagos and tortured severely," one of the sources said.
The team was reportedly given the express mandate to invade Ortom’s house, ransack his residence and pick him up.Akume has been alleged to have used several surrogates to write petitions against Ortom to the anti-graft agency, accusing him of misappropriation of public funds.The minister is believed to still be feeling the pain of humiliation suffered in the 2019 senate election, which he lost.Meanwhile, the Special Adviser to Governor Ortom on Media and Publicity, Mr.
According to Ortom, Buhari plunged Nigeria into unimaginable poverty and insecurity, unlike what used to flourish under his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan.
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