How Ortom Ran, Crawled To Escape Assassin’s Bullets – Eyewitness

Abrahams Kwaghngu, the Principal Special Assistant (PSA) on Special Duties to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has given eyewitness account of how Governor Samuel Ortom ran, and sometimes crawled to escape the gunshots from the bandits who accosted the governor during a visit to his farm on Saturday.

Kwaghngu who was with the governor during the encounter ascribed the governor’s escape to the divine intervention of God.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG had reported how bandits who the governor asserted were Fulani herdsmen ambushed him and pumped gunfire towards him on Saturday.

Giving glory to God at a gathering following the attack, Kwaghngu who quoted from 2 Samuel 22:2 in the Bible, said:

“The Governor accompanied by myself and his security details visited his farm today located at Tyo Mu, along Makurdi/Gboko Road before Abinsi outside Makurdi metropolis.

“The Governor and myself along with few security details parked our vehicles by the highway and walked for about two kilometers to his farm where he attended to his farm by the river bank and it was on our way back to our vehicles that suddenly we ran into an ambush mounted by well-armed suspected Fulani militia all dressed in black who opened fire on us.

“His Excellency and I had to run through the rough terrain for about a kilometer and a half, at times crawling to avoid the showers of bullets fired at us by the gunmen. Thank God for the gallantry, proactiveness and courage demonstrated by the nine security details who were with the Governor who immediately responded with fire to provide cover for us. The Governor probably was the target for this evil assassination attempt by strange gunmen. By divine providence, Governor Ortom, myself and the security details escaped the ambush and safely made our way back to the Governor’s lodge.”

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