{"id":74221,"date":"2022-10-13T13:57:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T12:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/igbos-have-capacity-to-rule-nigeria-gov-ortom"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T14:26:22","slug":"igbos-have-capacity-to-rule-nigeria-gov-ortom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/igbos-have-capacity-to-rule-nigeria-gov-ortom","title":{"rendered":"Igbos have capacity to rule Nigeria \u2013 Gov Ortom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence in the Igbo people, saying they have the potential to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, who made the expression in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday when Igbo PDP Forum paid him a courtesy visit, said the South-Easterners are accommodating and hard working.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ortom, the Igbos are peaceful, stressing that they have the ability to live with other ethnic groups in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He vowed to continue speaking to authority on the incessant attacks on Benue people by suspected armed herdsmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Igbo are accommodating and hard working. They are a group that can live with other ethnic groups and not like those that are killing my people and they want me to keep quiet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will never keep quiet concerning incessant attacks on my people by herdsmen until the authorities do the right thing. I will continue to speak against injustice,\u201d he said.<\/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 Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence in the Igbo people, saying they have the potential to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity. 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