Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom was captured during a one-on-one with Channels Television, expressing his displeasure over “the station’s inability to speak truth to the powers that be”.
The drama started when Channel’s Seun Okinbaloye tried to stop the governor from making an inciteful comment on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government, a development that did not go down well with the embattled PDP chieftain who is one of the critics of the ruling party.
The governor, while commenting on the state of the nation during Channels TV’s Politics Today, said; “The way we’re going, if we continue to keep quiet, we are all going to be consumed soon.
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“How can we continue in this manner and say we’re going to have credible elections. The APC that is at the helm of affairs looks at what they did in their primaries. They don’t believe in the rule of law and that’s why today bandits have taken over everywhere.
“We’re just waiting for the day that we will hear that bandits have taken over the presidential villa just like they did in Afghanistan.”
Reacting, Seun was captured saying “that was too extreme” while cautioning the governor to be mindful of his choice of words.
However, this did not go down well with Governor Ortom as he stood by his words and scolded the station; saying “Channels has been caged”.
He also said the station should not have invited him if they wouldn’t allow him express himself, while giving instances of escalating insecurity in his State (Benue) and the country at large “due to the failure of APC”.