Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday disclosed
that he was waiting to hear from God to know whether to run for second term in
2019 or not.
Ortom was speaking to a group that marched to the Benue
People’s House in Makurdi to express solidarity with the State Government’s
anti-open grazing law and also requested the governor to run for second term in
2019.
Quoting from the Holy Bible, the governor said “A man shall
receive nothing, except it is given to him from above,” adding that he would
seek God’s face and that once divine approval was given, he shall contest and
win.
The group noted that the step taken by the Governor was the
best approach to ending the herdsmen invasion of the land and frowned at what
they termed the unwarranted and provocative utterances from Miyetti Allah.
They urged the presidency to sanction leaders of the group
for declaring war on Benue indigenes on account of the law.
The group also endorsed Governor Ortom for a second term and
urged him to recontest the 2019 Benue guber election without fear as they would
again queue up behind him.
By John Owen Nwachukwu
