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The asset recovery committee set up by Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, on Tuesday, stormed the automobile workshop owned by former governor Samuel Ortom with towing vehicles and removed some vehicles.

Alia, through his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, recently disclosed that government vehicles, numbering 29, were allegedly looted by the past governor.

Tersoo had said in a statement that “the case of the Goverment House is particularly pitiable with vandalised furniture, window blinds, electronics and other household appliances.

“This is besides the carting away of all vehicles, including an ambulance and A press crew bus, attached to the office of the governor.

“At the last count, 29 vehicles, attached to the governor’s office, are still no where to be found.”

A source told our correspondent on Tuesday that the asset recovery committee stormed Ortom’s automobile workshop on Tuesday afternoon but were resisted by the workers there.

When ed, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bemgba Iortyom, confirmed that indeed state agents went to Ortom’s automobile workshop.

Iortyom said, “Governor Alia has now sent towing trucks to ex-Governor Ortom’s automobile workshop to cart away vehicles, after attempts to drive them away failed.”

It will be recalled that Ortom and his deputy, Benson Abounu, secured a court order restraining the asset recovery committee from coming after them.

In the suit, marked MHC/199/2023, filed through their lawyer, Douglas Pepe (SAN), Ortom and Abounu asked the court to determine “whether property legitimately allocated to them as entitlements and remuneration can be considered as state government assets.”

They are seeking “a determination of court whether or not by the combined effect of sections 5(2), 44, 318(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the executive actions and decisions of the Governor and Government of Benue State taken by Ortom and Abounu and the State Executive Council, in good faith before May 29th, 2023, were valid.”

The ex-governor and his deputy also want the court to determine “whether or not the Governor of Benue State is not bound by the constitutional approvals made by his predecessor.”

They are contending that the asset recovery committee set up by Alia has no power to interfere with their rights to own property “vested in them by the Benue State Government at all material times or without following due process.”

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Gov Ortom sha; always in the news for strange news like nkan be TV show .smh
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If this man governed China...he'd be killed by now

Good......
Greedy fool..........

No wonder he rooted for peter obi..........

Ibo........pls don't quote me I hardly read bile comments.......

Chukwu gozie gi

Ortom is just a petty Thief,...when did he become an auto mechanic to own an auto mechanic shop?...that idiot really dealt with Benue state I swear...

Ortom what are you waiting for,run to court and buy, sorry get injunction stopping them from investigating you.

Nigeria court's have become so notorious,that criminals now run to them for protection .

The impounding of cars will favour me and my family🤣🤣🤣

FairlyUSEDpussy:
Good......
Greedy fool..........

No wonder he rooted for peter obi..........

Ibo........pls don't quote me I hardly read bile comments.......

Chukwu gozie gi

Igbos have suffered.
Imagine the er of a druglord talking


Tinubu family are disowning druggie

https://twitter.com/sweetsixtien/status/1678839845584531458

And the Agbadonian get mouth

Our ruler's has no shame at all.

Ortom has too many questions to answer ooo

Wahala Wahala Wahala for Ortom a.k.a Mr. Wheelbarrow

Haaabbaaaa

But why people wicked?

Good

Me seff wan be politician oo

Omo money dey dis work oo

Perhaps this is a witch-hunt because he rooted for Peter Obi?

FairlyUSEDpussy:
Good......
Greedy fool..........

No wonder he rooted for peter obi..........

Ibo........pls don't quote me I hardly read bile comments.......

Chukwu gozie gi

The mental health and kleptomanic
tendency of our politicians is a thing of
great concern..


Our laws are not strong enough, that's
why we need soldiers to come and clean
thing up & reboot the political situation❗️❗️


Military government dey tiff money, but
na with style, not this brazen robbery that
Governors engage in and go to court to
stop being investigated❗️❗️😐😐😐

The trend is that the later will always steal more than the former.

Ortom na mechanic

Next topic plz

How this man is not yet behind bars should be counted as one of the greatest mysteries of 2023

Nice one

FairlyUSEDpussy:
Good......
Greedy fool..........

No wonder he rooted for peter obi..........

Ibo........pls don't quote me I hardly read bile comments.......

Chukwu gozie gi

you are who you say you are.

Soldier Go Soldier Come.

Do Only Good Everyday.

Is it true that Ortom actually looted 29 vehicles including a bus meant for press crew?

The governor should be more concerned about how fulani killings in his state, and stop chasing rat