Gov Ortom says only “deaf and dumb Nigerians” like Garba Shehu, believe Buhari has done well
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has fired back at presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, over his recent attacks on him, saying that only “deaf and dumb Nigerians” like Shehu still think Buhari has done well as president.
Ortom spoke through Michael Inelagwu, Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, at a world press conference held at the Government House in Makurdi.
Inelagwu was responding to Shehu’s criticism of Ortom on Tuesday where he (Shehu) described Ortom as a disaster, and called on the President’s media aide to bury his head in shame as majority of Nigerians have been regretting voting for Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said, “Only Nigerians who are deaf like Garba Shehu and those in the Presidency cannot hear the cries of citizens who are lamenting the security and economic crisis in the country.
“Only dumb Nigerians like Garba Shehu are still supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s government.”
“It will interest Shehu to know that it is not only Governor Samuel Ortom that regrets voting Buhari as President in 2015.
“Majority of Nigerians, including his die-hard supporters in 2015 and 2019 do and it is only those who are deaf, probably like Shehu, that cannot hear the loud cry by Nigerians to be rescued by the PDP from APC’s mismanagement of Nigeria’s political leadership since 2015.
“Nigeria has had enough of failed politicians and will be too glad to see one of them, President Muhammadu Buhari, leave office next year.”
Periscope International recalls that Gov Ortom had after signing the State Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Bill into law said, “A vast majority of Nigerians are now regretting electing President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) into power in 2015 and 2019.
“Nigerians in every part of the country are now feeling sorry for themselves considering the level of insecurity and biting economic hardship in the country.”
Shehu, while reacting to Ortom’s comments in a interview on Arise TV, had said that Ortom should stop blaming Buhari but the governor should be held responsible for the spate of insecurity in Benue instead.
