.GovSamuelOrtom alleges plot to eliminate him, says he has no hand in Nasarawa airstrike | TheCable
In a statement on Thursday, Ortom alleged that some personalities led by Muhammadu Sanusi, a former emir of Kano, made some allegations against him in an attempt to set him up for attacks.in Kwateri, a community between Benue and Nasarawa states.
“The group maliciously accused me of carrying out genocide against pastoralists. The dethroned Emir Sanusi did not stop at that. He made a video in Hausa in which he maligned me and called on all Fulanis to consider me as their enemy while urging those in Benue State to vote against me during the coming elections.
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