Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has declared accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar of thinking and speaking like the trade union of Fulani herdsmen in the country, the Miyetti Allah.
The governor accused Atiku of using the same language as Miyetti Allah.
He said Atiku has neither spoken against killings by herdsmen in the State nor shown any support for the victims.
He said it would be impossible for Benue voters to back such a candidate or for PDP chieftains to market him in the State.
Ortom spoke on Wednesday while addressing Jemgbah Youths Group under the aegis of Jemgbah Youth Support Group JYSG, who came to endorse him for the senate 2023.
He said: “I condemned what Atiku said. He is seeking to be President of Nigeria and not Fulani alone. So, he must not seek to please Fulani alone, he must work with everyone.
“From the body language of Atiku in Kaduna, he is telling us now that he will come and continue with the killings, carnage and displacement of Benue people as his Fulani tribe is doing. So, we cannot work for that kind of candidate.
“We have been ravaged by flood do you see Atiku visit anyone? The IDPs of 2017. Atiku came here and I suggested to him to visit the camp but he refused. All I did was provide a law to protect my people and have no issue with Fulani a man.”
Ortom commended President Muhammadu Buhari for condemning the killings in Gbeji and asked Atiku to borrow a leave from the President, saying that’s how a leader should speak despite political differences.
