The Benue State Government said it has concluded plans to honour the late military officer, Gideon Orkar, by naming a 9.7 kilometre road after his nmae
Orkar was executed over a failed coup on April 22, 1990 during the regime of the country’s Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, AKA, IBB.
The state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mike Inalegwu, disclosed this on Tuesday, while briefing journalists after the State Executive Council Meeting at the Government House, Makurdi.
Orkar was a Nigerian Army officer with the rank of Major before he and others staged a coup against the government of Babangida. They were tried, convicted of treason and were executed.
Inalegwu also said Governor Samuel Ortom would not leave the state for the next six months after handing over power to the Governor-elect, Hyacinth Alia.