The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Tuesday took a swipe at his successor, Hyacinth Alia, describing him as a “hypocrite” and promising to henceforth expose the rot in his administration.
Ortom stated this during an interactive session with journalists at his palatial residence located at Judges’ Quarters along Gboko Road, Makurdi.
The former governor was reacting to the report of a probe panel, which accused his administration of being unable to account for N139.8bn during his eight-year stint as governor.
Ortom said: “As from today, I am going to be exposing this government (Alia administration) for its hypocrisy, outright looting of the state’s resources and evils being committed against the people of the state and the ceding of our land to foreigners.
“So many lies have been said against me. After three years, I concluded that if I remained silent, it would amount to admission. So,
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