The convoy of Governor Samuel
Ortom of Benue State, was on Wednesday forced to make U-Turn, after some angry
youths in Makurdi barricaded the main road.
Ortom was on his way to Abuja,
for the follow-up talk with the leadership of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) on the peace deal offered by its National Chairman, Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole.
Sensing that the Governor might
have a change of mind after the Abuja meeting and would possibly return to APC,
the youths blocked the main road with various inscriptions, urging Ortom not to
go to Abuja.
An eyewitness account by Nelson
Ogbu, says “The youths angrily removed the APC flag on the Governor’s vehicle
and asked him to go back to Government House, threatening to vote him out if he
insists on going to Abuja for the meeting”.
The Governor was said to have
pleaded with the youths to allow him attend the meeting, assuring them that
their interest would be protected.
“But the youths, however,
refused, insisting that, the only option available to them was for the Governor
to make a u turn”, the source added.
Let Benue youths understand that the truth is like the pregnant women
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