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Election 2019: Akume accuses Ortom of arming militia to rig Benue polls

- The verbal exchanges between Senator George Akume and Governor Samuel Ortom is still on

- The senator has accused the governor of arming militia in Benue state to rig the forthcoming general elections

- In a swift reaction, the governor denied the claim and accused his estranged political godfather of planning to use federal might to rig the poll

The senator representing Benue north west senatorial district in the National Assembly, George Akume has accused Governor Samuel Ortom of arming militia in Benue state to rig the forthcoming general elections.

Akume made the comment during the presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Makurdi, the Benue state capital on Wednesday, February 6.

According to the senator, youths are being armed with a disguise of belonging to a security outfit known as Livestock Guards, adding that they have been equipped with assorted weapons such as AK47.

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His words: “Benue yearns for free and fair elections, but what we have as our major problem in Benue state is the complete militarization of the state by the government.

“They have militia, the most notorious is Livestock Guards; they carry assorted weapons, they carry AK 47. They have been killing

“Last Friday, we were on our way for a rally in the headquarters of the governor’s local government in Gbajimba and as we got close, they started firing on us. One person was killed, many were injured.”

In a swift reaction to the allegation, Governor Ortom said it is his estranged political godfather, Akume, who is responsible for the arming youths in the state.

The governor accused Senator Akume of engaging in unwholesome acts of playing tricks on President Muhammadu Buhari so that the APC will have a leeway to scuttle the entire electoral process.

He also described the allegations as baseless and completely false.

“Akume is talking of federal might, but I am not threatened about that. Federal might will not vote for elections in Benue; it is the people that will vote. If he is talking about federal, then I have state might, which is the people,” Ortom said.

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Meanwhile, Benue state was recently thrown into mourning as a former senator, Joseph Kennedy Waku recently died at the age of 73.

Senator Waku who was elected senator representing Benue north-west district at the National Assembly in 1999, died on Sunday, February 3 at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.

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