Speaker, Benue State House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange has called on Students not to allow themselved to be used by self seeking politicians to further their selfish political interests.
Mr. Ikyange particularly advised students of Ushongo origin studying in institutions of higher learning in the state not to be willing tools in the hands of desperate politicians who are bent on spreading falsehood against their fellow brothers in order to score cheap popularity and divert attention from their inadequecies and non performance in their various capcities.
According to the Ushongo representative, his attention has been drawn to plans by some desperate politicians in Kwande intermediate area to sponsor some youths under the disguise of Ushongo Students with the sole aim of spreading all forms of concocted allegations against him.
Mr. Ikyange disclosed that all the sponsors and executors behind the planned hachet move have already been identified and are been monitored, warning that machinery has already been set in motion to confront them head long with adequate measure equal to their intended action.
He called on the students to concentrate on their studies rather than play into the hands of those whom he said will not use their children, but rather those of others to cause confusion and disaffection among their elected representatives, thereby jeopardising their future as leaders of tomorrow.
The Speaker said he will not fold his hands and watch any person or group under whatever disguise tarnished his image through spononsored, baseless and unsubstantiated allegations, assuring that all legal and administrative means would be deploy to make the pepertrators of the hate campaign and peddlers of falsehood against him to bear the full consequences of their actions.
While appealing to the people of Ushongo Local Government and beyond to disregard the misinformation against him and the House, the Speaker said he has not, and will not do anything that will bring shame and disgrace to his people, both in his personal and official capacity as Speaker of the State legislature.
Signed
Bem Abunde,
Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker