From Scholastica Onyeka, Makurdi
The media aide to the former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, Mr Terver Akase, has urged Governor Hyacinth Alia, to quit blaming his boss but concentrate and deliver his campaign promises to the Benue people.
Akase was reacting to a statement credited to the Senator representing Benue North East Senatorial District, Emmanuel Udende, who attributed the continued security challenges in the state to the enforcement of the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law by the previous administration.
Akase noted that in the same vein, the state Governor, Hyacinth Alia, through his media aide, Tersoo Kula, has launched unprovoked attacks on Chief Ortom, describing the former Governor in several deprecatory terms.
Ortom’s aide said “His Excellency Samuel Ortom will not board the train of insults with Governor Alia’s aides or partake in a media war with the present administration.
“We advise the government of the state and the Senator representing Benue North East that they were voted to serve the people. If there is any action the Ortom administration took which they consider not good enough, they now have the mandate of the people to do better.
“Consistently blaming the former Governor will neither solve the problem nor bring development to the stat.
“Chief Ortom played his part as Governor of Benue State and has left the stage. Governor Alia and his team should focus on fulfilling their promises to the people,” Akase said.