Nigerian Concord Newspaper
Anyone who has followed Benue politics in the last 16 years cannot be ignorant of the unstable, treacherous and unreliable fellow known as Terrence Kuanum.
Terrence, a serial blackmailer, a political cheerleader who prides himself as one who follows the sirene has mastered the art of finding his way to every government in power.
He is a proper definition of AGIP(Any government in power), who has no loyalty to anyone, other than what he gets.
His loyalty is to the one in power, the one that can foot his expensive lifestyle that he can’t afford on his own.
Everyone knows that Terrence was rooting for Dr. Eugene Aliegba to be the governor of Benue State in Benue State. After Rt. Hon Terhemen Tarzoor emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), and eventually lost the election to Chief Samuel Ortom, Terrence quickly has to develop a way to follow the sirene under the Ortom administration.
To achieve, Terrence had to launch a campaign against Chief Ortom’s predecessor, Senator Gabriel Suswam.
Terrence repeatedly accused Suswam of stealing Benue State funds and held several press conferences, calling on Suswam to return the monies.
Many Benue people were shocked, as Terrence was one of the cheerleaders of the Suswam administration. How Suswam suddenly became the devil in the eyes of Terrence remains an unresolved puzzle.
He created the Benue Youth Forum(BYF) which he used to attack the man he previously hailed. When Chief Ortom and Senator George Akume started having problems, Terrence quickly leveraged on the crisis and launched series of attacks against Senator Akume, then Senator representing Benue North West Senatorial District, and now Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Terrence accused the Senator Akume of bringing Fulani herdsmen and cows to Benue State to attack the people of the state. Ortom eventually defected to the PDP and reconciled with Suswam.
Immediately, Terrence increased attacks on Akume, he held a minimum of five press conferences in a month, all targeted attention demonizing Senator Akume.
Since Terrence has no electoral value, the only area which he proves his worth is to attack high profile persons in the media.
Terrence continued the demonization of Senator Akume even after Akume lost his Senate bid in 2019. For Terrence, insulting Akume was the only way to be relevant.
Immediately after the 2023 elections in which Ortom lost his senate bid and also failed to install a successor, Terrence began plotting to join the camp of Governor Hyacinth Alia.
As at May 29th, 2023, when Ortom left office, Terrence was sure of joining the camp of the governor.
Unfortunately for him, some people within the camp of Alia raised questions on the flippant nature of Terrence. He was blocked from joining the governor.
On realizing that he can’t join Governor Alia, Terrence immediately cashed-in on the crisis between Governor Alia and Senator Akume, who was appointed as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation(SGF) by President Tinubu.
Terrence capitalized on the forgiving nature of the SGF and immediately established himself in the camp of the SGF.
Using his borrowed toga of security expert and global amnesty assesor, Terrence started making Television appearances to defend the SGF and attack Governor Alia. A behavior he has continued to exhibit till today.
Using deceit, pretence and all manner of tactics, Terrence has found his way into the inner circles of APC and media groups, including WhatsApp groups that have Presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanugu, as a member.
Continuing with his character of blackmail and selling information, facts have emerged that Terrence has been screenshoting chats from WhatsApp groups with loyalists of the SGF, APC and even media aides of the president, either the aim of selling the information in the future. He also intends to use them to blackmail those concerned.
To Terrence, his loyalty is to the sirene and not to any individual.
The SGF, media aides within the presidency and media handlers of the APC must be careful with Terrence. As Terrence is there, he is already plotting on how to find his way in the next administration.
He doesn’t mind selling those he is working with today. For Terrence, his loyalty is always to the sirene, He can’t be trusted.
To be continued