ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has said that the Igbo people have the potential to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity.
The Governor made the expression in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday when Igbo PDP Forum paid him a courtesy visit.
According to Ortom, the South-Easterners are accommodating and hard working.
He said that the Igbos are peaceful, adding also that they have the ability to live with other ethnic groups in the country.
Ortom also vowed to fight against incessant attacks on Benue people by suspected armed herdsmen.
“The Igbo are accommodating and hard working. They are a group that can live with other ethnic groups and not like those that are killing my people and they want me to keep quiet.
“I will never keep quiet concerning incessant attacks on my people by herdsmen until the authorities do the right thing. I will continue to speak against injustice,” he said.