{"id":116653,"date":"2024-04-22T20:36:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/show-proofs-benue-owns-aircraft-ortom-tells-alia"},"modified":"2024-04-22T22:50:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:50:28","slug":"show-proofs-benue-owns-aircraft-ortom-tells-alia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/show-proofs-benue-owns-aircraft-ortom-tells-alia","title":{"rendered":"Show proofs Benue owns aircraft \u2013 Ortom tells Alia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The immediate past Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on his successor Governor Hyacinth Alia to provide proof that the state owns an aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Ortom said he neither received an aircraft in 2015 when he took over nor acquired any in his two terms as governor of the state.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement on Monday in Makurdi by his Media Aide, Mr Terver Akase.<\/p>\n<p>He says, \u201cWe read a statement today by the Chief Press Secretary to the Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia who alleged among other things that \u201c&#8230;he understands the state has an airplane but its whereabouts is still been(sic) looked into\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor Alia was quoted by his media aide to have made the allegation during a zoom meeting with the Benue diaspora community organized by the Mutual Union of Tiv in America MUTA and the Idoma Association in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to state categorically that if the Benue State Government purchased an aircraft before Chief Samuel Ortom became Governor in 2015, such a transaction was not part of the handover notes that he received from his predecessor, and no aircraft was handed to the State Government under Ortom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSimilarly, throughout his two tenures (2015 \u2013 2023), the Ortom administration did not buy an airplane. When he was leaving office, the handover notes he presented to his successor, Governor Alia also had no indication that the state purchased\/owned an aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn allegation of this nature is too weighty to be swept under the carpet, and only its proof will enable Benue people to know the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe therefore challenge Governor Alia to show evidence that the Benue State Government owned an aircraft before he became Governor. He should do this with proof of the date and amount paid for the plane, model\/manufacturer of the aircraft, as well as the particular administration that purchased it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the Governor\u2019s frequent statements that all his predecessors performed badly and Makurdi, the state capital, was a glorified village before he was elected, we will not bother to comment on that. If a Governor who is supposed to be the chief image-maker of his state decides to brand it as backward and poorly developed, so be it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The immediate past Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has called on his successor Governor Hyacinth Alia to provide proof that the state owns an aircraft. Ortom said he neither received an aircraft in 2015 when he took over nor acquired any in his two terms as governor of the state. 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