A petition has been formally presented by The Benue State Governor, Samual Ortom to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Saturday’s assassination attempt on him.
The Governor presented the petition to the Police boss at an early morning meeting the two of them had in Abuja on Wednesday.
Recall that Ortom and his aides were attacked on Saturday on his way to his farm along Makurdi-Gboko Road.
The Governor, while narrating his ordeal during a thanksgiving service on Sunday, said he ran over one kilometre to escape assassination.
The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Frank Mba, confirmed in a telephone conversation that the Governor and the IGP met in Abuja.
Mba said, “It is true that Governor Samuel Ortom and IGP Adamu met this (Wednesday) morning in Abuja.
He further explained that “The Governor came to the meeting with a formal petition on the incident which he submitted to the IGP”.
Adding that “IGP Adamu. has treated the petition expeditiously. He has directed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Intelligence Bureau, Tijani Baba, to continue investigation into the matter”.
“You know that we (the police) have already started handling the matter even before the Governor submitted the petition.” He said.