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Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue State, on Thursday said no amount of propaganda will stop the ongoing recovery of all looted state assets by the Assets Recovery Committee.
This was contained in a press statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr Tersoo Kula and made available to newsmen in Makurdi.
He said his administration will use every lawful means to recover all looted assets of the state.
“But what Ortom and his media men must know is that Gov. Alia and his government cannot be stampede. It remains focused and determined to use every lawful means in recovering all stolen assets that belong to the state.
“Benue people who have been victims of the many years of the PDP maladministration are solidly behind the government and its mission to recover all stolen assets.
“What those who are crowning themselves “witches’’ should know that the Assets Recovery Committee is on course and no amount of media facts-twisting and lie-peddling will stop them from carrying out their mandate based on their terms of reference,” he said.
Kula said following information on vehicles illegally acquired and diverted by former governor and officials of his government by the Assets Recovery Committee, the PDP and Ortom’s media team had gone into a media overdrive.
He said the enemies of the state have been issuing streams of statements, mostly contradictory, in a bid to muddy the waters and curry undue public sympathy since the recovery of exotic cars by the committee.
“Governor Alia entered into a covenant with Benue people to deliver good governance and pull the state back from the precipice that he is committed to doing to the latter.
“Alia is focused. He knows where he is heading to. Everything has a foundation and so is good governance.
“If Alia succeeds only in entrenching discipline, bringing sanity to the management of state resources, prudent management of resources, accountability, transparency, equity and inclusiveness, then other things will certainly fall in place,’’ he said.
He said the PDP, its Publicity Secretary, and the former governor’s media should not think that media frenzy would twist the narrative and flip the issues in their favour.
“Most of the youth penning down commentaries to support the greatest heist in the history of the state are graduates who are still riding motorcycles without jobs.
“Alia led government is focused and its sights are set on delivering good governance to the people,’’ he said
The State Assets Recovery Committee on Tuesday raided a private automobile workshop company in Makurdi and recovered over 20 exotic cars from it.