Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has accused immediate past Governor Samuel Ortom of massive looting of the Government House, leaving no official car behind and an empty treasury.
Alia who lamented the situation he found the state after assuming office, said apart from meeting an empty treasury, he also inherited a huge debt profile of N187.56 billion, accumulated months of unpaid salaries and entitlements of civil servants and pensioners in the state.
The governor who disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, said his predecessor made sure there was nothing to work with.
