Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday said Benue belongs to President Muhammadu Buhari and he can do whatever he likes there.
The governor who decamped from the ruling APC last year to the opposition PDP made the remark at the Nigerian air force base, Makurdi, the state capital, in a chat with newsmen while waiting to receive the president who is in the state for his campaign rally.
Ortom said, “He is the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and whatever he is doing, it is our responsibility to give him adequate protocol.”
“He is our president, and this is beyond party… so I am doing all the needful. There is no special thing in what I am doing, it is what I am supposed to do as governor of Benue state irrespective of party because he remains my president and I respect him.
“I have no personal issues with him; we talk about policies and issues there is no personal grudge. So, I am here to receive him, and I have made adequate arrangement. This state belongs to Mr. President. So he has access, he can be here and do whatever he wants.”
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