Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has intervened in the domestic violence issue involving Benue State Channel’s Reporter, Pius Angbo with his wife, Doctor Ifeyinwa Angbo.
During a meeting with the couple, Governor Ortom counselled them to settle their differences amicably and shun the temptation of engaging in violence.
The advised them that as a young couple with great potentials, the husband being a versatile journalist and the wife a medical doctor, there was the need for them to foster a strong union to serve as models to others.
Mr. Pius Angbo said he had apologised to his wife over the assault on her. He stressed that he also sought the forgiveness of the entire women folk and would make amends.
Dr Angbo said she had accepted her husband’s apology and has forgiven him. She said their children are still tender and they needed prayers to grow stronger in love and nurture their kids to maturity.
She appreciated Governor Ortom for taking time out of his very tight schedule to make peace between them, saying the Governor’s intervention was fatherly and a demonstration of love for them.