The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has reacted to reports circulating that a detachment of the Economic and Financial Crimes
The unconfirmed report which was circulating mostly on social media claimed officials of EFCC had arrived in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, on Sunday night.
According to the report, “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 be later transferred to Lagos and tortured severely.” “The team was reportedly given the express mandate to invade Ortom’s house and ransack the residence to pick him up.”
A statement by Akase said: “We read some online reports which stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has deployed a team of its officers to Benue State to arrest and detain the immediate past Governor of the State, Samuel Ortom over unfounded allegations.
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