THE crisis between Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his counterpart in Plateaus State, Simon Lalong seems to have taken a new dimension as Ortom warned him to stop interfering in Benue affairs. “Please tell your boss when you see him to stop interfering with affairs in my state, let him mind his business in Plateau and I will mind my own business here,” Ortom tells Lalomg representative in Makurdi. Governor Ortom gave the warning early hour on Monday at a stakeholders meeting with National Economic Council, NEC, technical committee on herdsman/ farmers crisis resolution led by Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi. The meeting which commenced Sunday night at the new banquet hall, government house, Makurdi dragged to an early hour on Monday. “I have a concern here, Governors of Plateau and Kaduna states; Lalong and El Rufai had made serious statements concerning the crisis how do we get justice?

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 12, 2018 12:56 UTC