April 6, (THEWILL)- The Tor Tiv, HRM, Orcivirigh, Prof. James Ortese Iorzua Ayatse, has expressed sadness over some of his subjects peddling falsehood over the recent successful reconciliation in his Palace in Gboko, which was attended by graded Chiefs of Tiv nation.
A statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Tor Tiv on Media and ICT, Mr. Freddie Adamgbe, said the reconciliation, mediated by the Tor Tiv between the Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, did not outlay or spelt any terms and conditions around appointments or reshuffling or dissolution of caretaker committees and other fictitious imaginations of the author.
The statement, a copy of which was made available to our Correspondent in Makurdi on Saturday, noted that the writer clearly is “a nuisance and an anathema to the aspirations of the TATC and the entire Tiv land.
“If not for mischief making or lack of knowledge, the author would have researched and discovered that a communique by the Secretary of TATC, Mr. Shinyi Typzua, was issued on the same day and published in many dailies and radio stations as well as international media organisations.”
According to the statement, the author, in his wildly guessed statements credited to Governor Alia and SGF Akume, alleged that Governor Alia requested for the removal of the Minister of Water Resources and Environment, Hon. Joseph Utsev and the Executive Secretary of Shippers Council, Barr. Pius Akuta, while Sen. George, on his part, pressed for the dissolution of Governor Alia’s Cabinet and Caretaker Chairmen of the twenty-three local government councils to accommodate his loyalists, which are totally false and misleading and should therefore be totally disregarded.
“There were absolutely no threats, no name calling or any terms and conditions except the resolve by the two sons of Tiv nation to work together for the greater prosperity of the Tiv nation and Benue as a whole.
“It is indeed, appalling that such a high-level closed-door meeting has become a pasture ground for churning lies and making a mockery of the revered royal intervention is undermining and an assault on the Tor Tiv and TATC. This is strongly condemned and totally disdained.
“The Palace takes strong exceptions to young people seeking to promote ill by indulging in commentaries from figments of imagination on closed-door Palace discourse,” it said.
The statement quotes the Tor Tiv and the Tiv Area Traditional Council as seeking with immediate effect, a retraction and apology from the author of the article, Engr. Paul Terhemba.
“The apology must be made in writing before 7th April 2024, and fully published in the same media. Both evidence of publishing and physical letter of apology must reach the Palace by 7th April 2024,” it added.
The Tor Tiv, the statement added, cautioned his subjects and their fans to desist from further misrepresentations and heating issues around the reconciliation meeting forthwith.
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