Ex-Benue Governor, Samuel Ortom is said to be in the EFCC’s net for alleged misappropriation of funds. The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after he was invited by the anti-graft body for questioning over financial misconduct.
It was gathered that Ortom drove into the
Makurdi zonal office of the agency, which is located at Alor Gordon Street in
the state capital and walked into the building at exactly 10:08 am today,
Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
The former governor’s media aide, Terver
Akase, and Principal Special Assistant on Special Duties, Abraham Kwanhgu, were
sighted with him.
Reports have it that Ortom handed over a debt
profile of N187.7 billion to the administration of Reverend Father Hyacinth
Alia.
Ortom at a brief ceremony held at the old
banquet hall of Government House in Makurdi, told Alia that the handover notes
in three volumes were a summary of his eight years administration.
The governor explained that the total income
of the state during his eight years sojourn amounted to N734.9billion as at
April 2023 while the total debt incurred by the state within the period stood
at N187.7billion inclusive of unpaid salary, pension arrears, loans and bonds
among others.
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