Assassination attempt: PDP governors describe attack on Ortom as ‘invitation to anarchy’
- The attack on Governor Ortom has been condemned by opposition PDP
- According to the party, the attempt on Ortom life is an invitation to anachy
- They consequently called on the government to secure lives of the people
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The governors elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the attack on the life of Governor Samuel Ortom.
They disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday, March 21.
The statement which was signed by Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, chairman of the forum and Sokoto state governor said any attempt to harm any Nigerian is an attempt on all, The Cable reports.
He said:
“The PDP-Governors Forum has received with shock the assassination attempt on the Governor of Benue State, H.E. Dr Samuel Ortom.
“We wish therefore to warn that any attempt to harm any Nigerian will be viewed by the Forum as an attempt on all of us.
“We believe strongly that any dispute or perceived dispute should be and must be resolved amicably without resort to violence. Nigeria is not a Babana Republic, even though certain retrogressive elements and centrifugal forces are trying to consign Nigeria into a failed state.
Recall that Legit.ng had reorted that Ortom on Sunday, March 21, visited the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG) Signs and Wonders Mega Parish in Makurdi to thank God for sparing his life.
This is coming a day after Ortom's convoy was attacked by some armed criminals close to his farmland along the Makurdi-Gboko highway.
There was a heavy exchange of gunfire between the attackers and the governor’s security officials.
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Ortom recounted the near-death attack from gunmen along the Makurdi/Gboko road in the Makurdi local government area of the state.
Ortom said the assailants who attacked the convoy close to his farmland were about 15 in number with the chief aim to kill him.
The governor went on to note that things could have been worse if not for the swift intervention of his security detail.
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