The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International,
Apostle Johnson Suleman, has said former president Olusegun Obasanjo
spoke the mind of Nigerians in his open letter to President Muhammadu
Buhari on the current security situation in the country.
Apostle Suleman, who cautioned that Nigeria was sitting on a keg of
gunpowder, said urgent steps must be taken to avert looming crisis in
the country.
The cleric spoke yesterday when he visited Governor Samuel Ortom in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.
According to him, all was not well with the country and there was urgent need to have the challenges tackled headlong.
He said, “In Obasanjo’s letter, I did not see what he wrote
there that has not been happening. People must draw a line between
politics and reality. He spoke the mind of Nigerians and should not be
castigated.
“I learnt some people are calling for his arrest, but before
anybody arrests Obasanjo they should first arrest those who threatened
the government by issuing a with 30 days ultimatum to the government
over the suspension of the Ruga settlement plan.”
Apostle Suleman commanded Governor Ortom for choosing to defend his
people at the peak of the herdsmen crisis in the state instead of his
position or office as was common in the country stressing that such
attribute was very rare among majority of leaders.
“Many leaders would prefer to defend their seats and positions
at the expense of their people in such situations, the path Governor
Ortom took was capable of costing him his second term election but he
never bothered.”
Responding, Governor Ortom commended Apostle Suleman for supporting
the state through prayers and his N5million cash donation for the
upkeep of Internally Displaced Persons in the state, describing him as a
true friend of the state.
Ortom said herders invasion of the state was for the purposes of occupation and not grazing.
“Benue would not accept open grazing, grazing reserves, Ruga or
whatever because they are all in conflict with our Open Grazing
Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law,” he warned.
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