Former Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has dismissed claims that he hated the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that he only criticised his government for not doing enough to address the security challenges in his state at the time.
Ortom defended his actions, saying he had to speak out to protect his people
He says that he was frustrated under the Buhari administration and raised the alarm several times, saying that the Ruga ranching programme and similar ones proposed by the government to end the problem were merely a camouflage.
Ortom says that the insecurity problem still persisting in Benue State today wouldn’t have existed if the Buhari administration had cooperated with him and adopted the solution he proposed to end it.