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Politics● LowSep 20 · Sep 20, 2026, 1:27 AM

Ortom and his 23 cars’ ‘bonus’, by Dele Sobowale

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

“As I talk to you, after I left office, vehicles that were given to me legitimately by government, this government went and seized them in a manner that was not befitting” – Former Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Last week, former Governor Donald Duke of Cross River declared that military rule was, in many […] The post Ortom and his 23 cars’ ‘bonus’, by Dele Sobowale appeared first on Vanguard News.

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