Zero tolerance for homosexuality in Benue – Gov Ortom

 Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has warned that his administration would not spare anyone caught
indulging in gay activities in the state. Recall that only recently Executive Secretary of Benue State Aids Control Agency (BENSACA), Mrs. Grace Ashi Wende, had raised an alarm over the increasing number of homosexuals in the state, disclosing that they were over 400 and were already holding meetings.
The Governor made the announcement yesterday while playing host to the Prelate of the Anglican Communion of Nigeria, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, at the old banquet hall of the Benue People’s house in Makurdi.
Ortom, who noted that the gay lifestyle which is being promoted in the Western world was alien to the customs, lifestyles, and the belief of Africans and the church, commended the Anglican Communion in Nigeria for its stand on gay marriage and pledged his support.

He prayed that what he described as a revival would spring from the state and produce evangelists that would drive evangelization in Africa and the Western world, saying the personal knowledge of the Jesus Christ was the solution to the decadence sweeping across many nations.
Governor Ortom reiterated that his administration would ensure due process and zero tolerance for corruption, even as it would entrench core values that would enhance the socioeconomic wellbeing of the people.
The Governor assured the Prelate of his readiness to personally participate in the scheduled programme of the Anglican Communion taking place in the state next year and wished them well in their current conference in Zaki-Biam.
Earlier the Prelate of the Anglican Communion, who posited that Christians, animists, agnostics, and Muslims in the Country were united against [the gay] culture, had appealed to the Governor to do everything possible to help the church fight against gay marriage in Nigeria.
He noted that they were in the Governor’s office to identify with him and invite him to their annual programme holding next year in the state, and assured that the Anglican Communion would continue to pray for the Governor to succeed in the task of governing the state.