Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has lauded his Benue state counterpart, Governor Samuel Ortom, for standing firmly to defend his people against terrorist herdsmen and dismiss claims he is leaving the Peoples Democratic Party.
Wike maintained that nothing depicted failure of governance than the inability of any government saddled with the responsibility of protecting life and property to do so.
He stated this during the inauguration of some the road projects constructed by Ortom in Makurdi and Guma Local Government Areas of Benue State on Tuesday.
Wike said he was not surprised that Ortom was fulfilling his pledge to provide dividends of democracy like the 41-kilometre road linking Makurdi and Guma LGAs, to the people of Benue State despite efforts by terrorists to destabilise the state.