{"id":14442,"date":"2019-08-21T14:58:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=14442"},"modified":"2019-08-21T14:58:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T14:58:07","slug":"gov-ortom-speaks-as-gunmen-attack-nasarawa-deputy-governor-akabe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gov-ortom-speaks-as-gunmen-attack-nasarawa-deputy-governor-akabe","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Ortom speaks as gunmen attack Nasarawa Deputy Governor, Akabe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/policy\/why-we-support-buhari-govt-benue-indigenes\">Benue<\/a> State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday condemned the attack on the Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe by gunmen along Lafia \u2013 Abuja road.<\/p>\n<p>Unknown gunmen had attacked the convoy of Akabe and in the process killed three policemen and a civilian.<\/p>\n<p>Akabe was on his way to Abuja on an official engagement when his convoy ran into the robbers who were operating a few kilometres away from Akwanga at about 6pm, yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Samuel_Ioraer_Ortom\">Ortom<\/a> described the attack which resulted in the death of some security men as \u201cunfortunate and sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A terse statement by Ortom\u2019s Chief Press Secretary, said: \u201cGovernor Ortom sympathizes with the Nasarawa State Deputy Governor and members of his entourage and prays God to console families of those who lost their lives in the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday condemned the attack on the Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe by gunmen along Lafia \u2013 Abuja road. 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