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Ortom to Akume: Account for N2bn you collected while leaving office as gov

Kabir Usman by Kabir Usman
October 9, 2018
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Benue Govt. Knocks Akume Over Utterances During Visit To Buhari

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Ortom challenge Akume through his Special Adviser on Media and ICT, Mr. Tahav Agerzua, on Tuesday.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has challenged Senator George Akume to account for the N2 billion he misappropriated towards the end of his second tenure as governor of the state.

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Ortom gave the challenge through his Special Adviser on Media and ICT, Mr Tahav Agerzua, on Tuesday.

Mr. Agerzua who spoke in Makurdi in reaction to Akume’s recent call on Ortom to give account of his stewardship.

He challenged Akume to account for the N2 billion he allegedly misappropriated at the time of his exit from office as governor in 2007.

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He advised Benue people to consider Akume as someone who had arrogated to himself powers belonging to God.

He described Akume as a confused man who, while presenting his profile at the Senate chamber, contradicted himself by saying he became Governor in 1949 and 1979.

He claimed that Akume was jittery because he knew the people of Benue North West were already prepared to retire him come 2019

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