Leaders of the Benue North-East senatorial district under the aegis of Zone A People’s Assembly, ZAPA, have accused the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume of fanning the embers of crisis and disunity in Benue state.
Addressing the media yesterday in Makurdi, President General of ZAPA, Fannen Mondo, flanked by the General Secretary, Sir. Joseph Ornguga and Legal Adviser, Terseer Anongo also accused the former governor of deliberately undermining political leaders from the senatorial zone for personal gains.
He said, “we are talking about the continuous conspiracy by Senator George Akume to pull down all aspiring leaders from the part of the state in question.
“It is rather disheartening to now find out how the former Governor has hatched a systematic plot against our part of the state and has been carefully executing same for quite some time now destroying and pulling down emerging leaders from the area.
The above assertions confidently stated are certainly not assumptions or speculations. Some leaked telephone conversations, especially the one Senator Akume had with Alhaji Usman Abubakar (aka Young Alhaji) in 2014 and the recently circulated one he had with Governor Samuel Ortom.
We at ZAPA have carefully reviewed and analyzed the two conversations, and it is very clear that Sen. George Akume has taken it as his pastime to ensure nobody from that part of the state progresses to a reasonable status or is counted amongst critical leaders both in the state and at the central government.