Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said that the condemnation of the
proposed cargo airport in the state by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji
Saad Abubakar was borne out of ignorance.
Ortom stated this while
fielding questions from newsmen shortly after he commissioned
ambulances purchased for primary healthcare centers in some local
government areas by the Millennium Development Goal (MDGS) yesterday.
“The
Sultan spoke in ignorance. Anyone criticizing the cargo airport project
is either ignorant, illiterate no matter his level of education, or
doing so out of mischief or jealousy.”
The Governor who also took
a swipe on former Lagos State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav
for speaking against the building of the cargo airport in the state
disowned him as an indigene of Benue State.
Tsav is not an
indigene of Benue State. We are all aware that his people disowned him
and withdrew the Chieftaincy title they conferred on him some years
back. He has written more than 20 petitions against me. Let him go to
Kano where he belongs and leave us alone in Benue. Tsav is one of those
who stole N107 billion and we are asking them to bring back our money.”
He
noted that that ambulances was neither meant to be used by the sole
administrators or meant for conveying dead bodies but to be used for
saving lives and warned that anyone found using them illegally would be
sanctioned.
“We are not here to do propaganda but here to impact
positively on the lives of our people. The ambulances are not meant for
carrying corpse but for the living. They are not meant for the sole
administrator. But to be used for the purpose it is meant for. Anyone
found using them unlawfully would be sanctioned.”