The exposure of the plan was revealed in press release by the Benue State chapter of the All Progressives Congress. The press release which was signed by Daniel Ihomun,
State Publicity Secretary, APC, Benue State, dated 28/3/2023 read.
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Benue State Chapter has received reports from reliable sources that Governor Samuel Ortom plans to appoint new Permanent Secretaries and give accelerated promotions to selected individuals of interest in the Benue State civil service.
The selected individuals who are cronies of the Ortom led administration will be strategically placed in selected Ministries, the intent of the promotion and placement is to constitute impediments to the in incoming administration of His Excellency, Rev. Fr. Dr Hyacinth Alia by planting land mines and pitfalls to slow his takeoff.
These selected individuals have been tools in the hands of the failed Ortom led government, constituting themselves into a cartel that has robbed Benue Civil servants, pensioners and the state at large of the dividends of democracy and have brought untold hardship to the people of the state.
The All Progressives Congress in Benue State urges those whose names have been penciled down for such ill appointments, promotions and placement to reject such Greek-gifts from the Ortom led administration.
We will like to advice that those who refuse to heed to this warning and take up such appointments will be treated as saboteurs and enemies of the Benue people.
The incoming administration of Rev. Fr. Dr Hyacinth Alia in Benue State is positioned to restore peace in our communities and to deliver it’s promises of restructuring, rebuilding and developing Benue. The APC will therefore not fold it’s arms and allow anyone or group of persons to plant landmines in it’s path.