Tag Benue politics

*…Seeks ₦1 Billion in Damages for Defamation

Former Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom, has taken legal steps against Mkor Aondona Donatus, Special Adviser to the Benue State Governor on Research and Documentation, over allegations of financial misconduct. Ortom’s legal team has issued a demand notice, describing Mkor’s allegations as defamatory, malicious, and baseless.

The demand, routed through the office of the Secretary to the Benue State Government, insists that Mkor retract his statements and issue an apology, or face legal action. The former Governor is also seeking ₦1 billion in damages for what his counsel termed “criminal defamation, cyberstalking, malicious falsehood, and libelous online publications.”

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*FORGETTING MINIMUM WAGE OF N70,000
Dr. Awunah | Durumi, Abuja
11th November, 2024

Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State is behaving like Saul who, in 35AD, began to persecute the followers of Jesus Christ in foreign cities. The despotic fangs Governor Hyacinth Iormem Alia has bared on the same people who voted for him have shocked even his supporters.

The only area Alia becomes soft and develops instant amnesia is whenever he is reminded that there is a new national minimum wage of N70,000 and all other state governors have started implementing the new wage. He is a dove when it comes to that discussion, but wears the wings of an eagle and the claws of a lion the moment he hears that his political opponents are to assemble in any part of the state.

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