Terver Akase, the spokesperson to Samuel Ortom, former governor of Benue State, has said that it was the state executive council's decision to allow his principal, his deputy and other officials to go with the vehicles allocated to them. The Benue State Governor, Rev. Father Hyacinth Alia had lamented that there was alleged massive looting of the Government House in Makurdi by the immediate past administration led by Samuel Ortom, noting that he was left with no single official car.
Why Samuel Ortom, Other Benue Officials Went Away With State Government Vehicles – Former Governor’s AideThe Benue State Governor, Rev. Father Hyacinth Alia had lamented that there was alleged massive looting of the Government House in Makurdi by the immediate past administration led by Samuel Ortom, noting that he was left with no single official car.
Alia also stated that he inherited an empty treasury and a whooping huge debt profile of N187.56 billion accompanied by accumulated months of unpaid salaries and entitlements of civil servants and pensioners in the state. “In his latest outing, the governor has accused his predecessor of carrying out recruitment into the civil service without due process; handing to him an empty treasury and looting government vehicles, among several other unfounded accusations,” Akase said.
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