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<\/p>\nAddressing newsmen shortly after a special Church service in Jos, Plateau State, Ortom said people of the state will confront anyone who tries to rig or manipulate elections in the state.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201dWe hear that people are scheming to win elections at all cost; some have openly boasted that they will use force to subvert the people\u2019s wish.<\/p>\n
\u201dWe are on ground and ready to confront anyone with such idea. As long as government is willing to conduct free and fair elections, we are there to support them.<\/p>\n
\u201dBut if anyone attempts to do otherwise, the people will resist that. There is no doubt about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The governor, however, appreciated the Federal Government for the prevailing peace in the state and prayed for its sustenance.<\/p>\n
Ortom state that his administration would not hesitate to appreciate the Federal Government when the right was done.<\/p>\n
\u201dThe introduction of `Operation of Whirl Stroke\u2019 has really solved our security challenges in Benue, especially the invasion and attacks by herdsmen.<\/p>\n
\u201dSome people are trying to change the narrative. They do not want the outside world to hear the truth. The situation gets more shocking when people, who know the truth, choose to say something different.<\/p>\n
\u201dAt the moment, we are happy, but when things are not right, it is our duty to voice it out. We shall continue to do that.<\/p>\n
\u201dNow, we have appreciated Mr President and the Federal Government for giving us adequate security in the state. If the situation changes tomorrow, we shall shout,\u201d he said.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Sunday disclosed that people of the state have resolved to \u201cresist any form of intimidation and rigging during the 2019 general elections\u201d. Addressing newsmen shortly after a special Church service in Jos, Plateau State, Ortom said people of the state will confront anyone who tries to rig or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[35,1816],"class_list":["post-66453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-benue","tag-samuel-ortom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}