Ortom explains reasons for lending Peter Obi his vehicle for Benue visit

Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has explained that helium made his conveyance disposable to Labour Party statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, during his caller sojourn to the authorities arsenic a elemental enactment of courtesy, insisting that refusing to assistance him would person been petty and unbecoming of a erstwhile governor.

Ortom, speaking done his media aide, Terver Akase, said the motion was extended to Obi, who travelled to Benue to conscionable victims and relatives of those killed successful the June 2025 onslaught successful Yelewata.

His mentation followed accusations by the Benue State Government that helium facilitated Obi’s visit, with officials questioning wherefore helium would supply a conveyance for a person portion publically supporting President Bola Tinubu up of the 2027 statesmanlike election.

The disagreement arose aft Obi visited Makurdi past Tuesday and encountered a disruption portion attempting to question to Yelewata.

His convoy was reportedly stopped by youths astir the Gyado Villa area, a fewer kilometres from the Makurdi Airport.

Obi had planned to sojourn families affected by the deadly Yelewata onslaught and commiserate with them, but the incidental prevented him from completing the planned trip.

Following the development, Governor Hyacinth Alia’s Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, alleged that Ortom was inv...