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2027: Ortom Used His Car To Rescue Peter Obi In Benue, He’s Not Working For Tinubu – Alia

Key Takeaways

  • Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, alleged that ex-Governor Samuel Ortom is secretly working for 2027 NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi, not President Bola Tinubu.
  • Alia’s Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, said Ortom used his SUV to rescue Obi after suspected thugs attacked him during a Benue visit last week.
  • Alia said Ortom’s alliance with ex-Attorney General, Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, to unseat him in 2027 is futile, and urged voters to reject the PDP.

The Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has alleged that his predecessor, Samuel Ortom, is secretly working for the victory of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate in the 2027 election, Peter Obi.

He said that despite the public claims by Ortom that he is working for the re-election of President Bola Tinubu, the former Governor is supporting Obi.

The Governor made the claim at the government house in Makurdi, where he spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula.

To buttress his claim, he alleged that Ortom swiftly brought his SUV to convey Obi away from the scene when the former Anambra State Governor was attacked by suspected thugs during his visit to Benue last week.

The CPS claimed to have pictorial evidence of the claim.

“Ortom is stealthily working for Peter Obi,” Kula said.

Naija News reports that Governor Alia also described Ortom’s alliance with former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, to wrestle power from him in 2027 as a wild goose chase.

He criticised the Ortom administration as a bunch of eight wasted years that saw no meaningful development.

“There were no infrastructural projects; the administration witnessed no development at the local government level; salaries were not paid to civil servants as and when due; pensioners were denied entitlements.”

According to him, Ortom wants to use Aondoakaa to regain political relevance, but advised the people of the state to reject the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the forthcoming general elections.

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  1. So you Alia is now accepting that your political thugs actually attacked obi’s convoy? Shame on you and Kula. Nonsense!

  2. Rev OLibe okoko says:

    Rev father Alia was your plan for Peter obi to be killed and put Samuel ORTOM and benue in an uñending war even after your exit? Think twice about your political ambition.

  3. Rev OLibe okoko says:

    Rev father Alia is your plan peter obi to be killed and put Samuel ORTOM and benue in an uñending war even after your exit? Think twice about your political ambition as a priest.

  4. Francis Osigwe says:

    Now it’s clear what exactly transpired on that day, desperate fear of the presence of Obi acceptance of Obi by the good people of Benue was what prompted the the governor to launch out against him, it’s only a pity that there are still Nigerians still willing to be paid to go against good.

  5. See an ex priest. You said you’re not aware of the attack on Obi but you monitored the event to know who rescued him. So you had hired thugs to kill him. This is attempted murder orchestrated by the governor. So as a priest you had once been, if you see your enemy in danger you would want him to die?
    Hell awaits Alia.

  6. So governor Alia is expecting everybody in Benue to become Peter Obi’s enemy because he want to president, if this is not politics of bitterness can someone tell me what it is. Shame on him, Benue people need to do the right thing and vote the idiot out let him go back to his cathedral

  7. Clinton Godsent says:

    But u can’t chase bandit’s and killer herdsmen in ur state, it’s clear Nigerian youth is like a plate that can not decide what food u can use it for

  8. Governor of Benue, You mean Ortom should not come to rescue Obi so that the attackers could kill him? Is that what you are saying? It is unfortunate, you need to repent and fully give your life to Christ as a
    Rev so that governorship will not take you to hell?

  9. You’re a very big disgrace to Catholic church and the Pristhood. You should cover your face in shame, you hopeless idiot.

  10. So you would have preferred a Presidential candidate and a fellow Catholic is made uncomfortable in your jurisdiction????

    Very very Uncatholic……….

  11. This is unbelievable that a priest called apostle of Christ will talk like this, as a Rev father what are u going to preach again to church or congregation to let them know JESUS CHRIST whom u claim to work in his vainyard as apostle, it’s now clear that not those who called me LORD, LORD will enter my kingdom but those who believe and do what my father command, this proves there is many Judas in the church who pretends to be shepherd but but Wolf in the church.

  12. This is unbelievable that a priest called apostle of Christ will talk like this, as a Rev father what are u going to preach again to church or congregation to let them know JESUS CHRIST whom u claim to work in his vainyard as apostle, it’s now clear that not those who called me LORD, LORD will enter my kingdom but those who believe and do what my father command, this proves there is many Judas in the church who pretends to be shepherd but Wolf in the church.

  13. Could this be a slip of tongue or what Governor Alia? Have you entered into the club of murderers just because of power?
    Remember, no power is greater than bringing down Christ to people through the Bread and Wine but sonce you resigned from such noble divine assignment, you surely have loosed it all for even the Heavenly Hosts wont support your evil tendencies.

  14. This is unbelievable that a priest called apostle of Christ will talk like this, as a Rev father what are u going to preach again to church or congregation to let them know JESUS CHRIST whom u claim to work in his vainyard as apostle, it’s now clear that not those who called me LORD, LORD will enter my kingdom but those who believe and do what my father command, this proves there is many Judas in the church who pretends to be shepherd but Wolf in a sheep clothes

  15. Shame, Fr. Alia. You are expanding the frontiers of your problem by bringing in more names. What has the former Attorney General got to do with your disgraceful conducts and utterances against Obi and Ortom?

  16. George Akpan: You should be ashamed of yourself for wishing Peter Obi killed in your State. Of what gain would that have been for you? Don’t play politics of bitterness. From all indications, you planned the attack and God has exposed you to the whole world that you are a killer.

  17. This is shameful and I think the killings in Benue state is also orchestrated for political purposes. God will judge everyone!

  18. What kind of SUV did Orton come with that is safer than the bulletproof one Obi was using. But assuming that is true, was the plan to kill Obi, by an ex priest, for the sake of politics? Have you sold your soul to Satan, for the sake of four more years as Governor? Really sad. May God have mercy and pity on you.

  19. So,to my own understanding Gov.Alia of Benue state want to use a single arrow to kill two birds at a time by pushing Obi to his,Alia wishes which only him knows and Ortom his brother at the same to lion’s den.Now,my question is,does it mean that after Tinibu the world and hope will end?