The quick previous Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has boasted that he is without doubt one of the political legacies the Second Republic Minister of Metal Growth, Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo has left behind and can at all times be proud to establish himself as a political creation of the late icon of democracy.
Chief Ortom who’s the chief of the Folks’s Democratic Party (PDP) within the state, disclosed this when he paid his final respect to the Unongo in his village in Kwande native authorities space.
Addressing the Ichongo individuals at Tse Kwaghngise, the late Paul Unongo’s hometown, Chief Ortom said that the late Unongo has left a vacuum that shall be tough to fill.
He expressed solace in the truth that Unongo has left behind indelible legacies.
The previous governor, in a press release by his media aide, Mr. Terver Akase said that he’s “among the many political legacies the late Wantaregh has left behind and can at all times be proud to establish himself as a political creation of the late icon of democracy”.
He consoled the household of Unongo Kwangise, the Turan individuals of Kwande, and the whole Ichongo Akem of the Tiv nation over the demise of their son, brother, father, and chief.
Chief Ortom counseled his successor, Governor Hyacinth Alia, for developing the highway to Unongo’s village and making certain that the previous Northern Elders Discussion board (NEF) chairman receives a befitting burial.
Government Director of the Federal Housing Authority Mortgage Financial institution and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Terlumun Akputu, thanked Chief Ortom for honouring the late Wantaregh.
He described Ortom as the subsequent chief of Ichongo, interesting to him to unite Ichongo little kids, regardless of social gathering affiliations.
The Ter Kwande, HRH Engr. Timothy Tavershima Ahile, in a comment, praised Chief Ortom as one of many illustrious political sons of Unongo who’ve excelled and has contributed to the event of the state and nation at giant.
He appreciated the previous Governor for his condolence go to, calling it a clever determination to go to the Unongo household and the whole Kwande forward of the late Wantaregh’s burial at this time, Saturday.
Chief Ortom was accompanied on the go to by social gathering stalwarts from numerous political divides, together with PDP state officers amongst others.
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