BREAKING: Angry youths stop Ortom’s convoy in Benue, insist he must not see Buhari, APC leaders [PHOTOS]

The convoy of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, was on Wednesday
forced to make U-Turn, after some angry youths in Makurdi barricaded
the main road.

Ortom was on his way to Abuja, for the follow-up talk with the
leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the peace deal
offered by its National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Sensing that the Governor might have a change of mind after the Abuja
meeting and would possibly return to APC, the youths blocked the main
road with various inscriptions, urging Ortom not to go to Abuja.

An eyewitness account by Nelson Ogbu, says "The youths angrily removed
the APC flag on the Governor's vehicle and asked him to go back to
Government House, threatening to vote him out if he insists on going
to Abuja for the meeting".

The Governor was said to have pleaded with the youths to allow him
attend the meeting, assuring them that their interest would be
protected.

"But the youths, however, refused, insisting that, the only option
available to them was for the Governor to make a u turn", the source
added.