The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume has been dragged to court for defamation by the Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom.
Governor Ortom said Senator Akume; a former Governor of the state had in a press conference he (Akume) held on Monday, 30th August, 2021, leveled a lot of allegations against him.
The governor, who made his decision to seek legal redress known at the Government House, Màkurdi, on Wednesday, said “I did not want to join issues with the Minister, so I choose the honourable way.”
According to him, “the minister lost his Senatorial ambition in 2019 because of his abysmal performance and now he has gone all out to vent his anger on me by destabilising my government, but I am not deterred because this is not the first time. In 2018, he also instigated members of the State Assembly to impeach me and they resisted by impeaching the then speaker. So, we will meet at the court.
“I don’t want to join issues with the Minister but I have to put the records straight for all Nigerians and beyond to know, because all the allegations by the Minister in the said press conference were cheap lies and blackmail, it is just to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it, so let him explain all the allegations at the court.”
