Ortom Speaks On Presidential Candidate He Will Impose On Benue PDP Members

Ortom Speaks On Presidential Candidate He Will Impose On Benue PDP Members

Governor Samuel Ortom has stated that he will not impose his preferred presidential candidate on Benue State members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In addition, contrary to a viral report (not by Channels Television), the governor stated that he has not endorsed his party’s flag bearer, Atiku Abubakar.

Ortom, in a statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Terver Akase, said the report was targeted at embarrassing the five governors of the PDP known as the G5 “who have chosen the path of justice, fairness and equity”.

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According to the statement: “When the Governor met with the expanded state caucus of the PDP yesterday, January 9, 2023 at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi, his message to them was crystal clear that the national leadership of the PDP has failed to utilize its internal conflict resolution mechanism, which has led to the crisis rocking the party.

“The Governor said during the meeting that if the crisis is not resolved before the elections, he would be left with no other option than to take a stand on the matter.

“He (Ortom) added however that he wouldn’t impose his decision on members of the party in the state.”

For months, the G5 has been at loggerheads with Atiku and Iyorchia Ayu over the chairmanship of the latter. The five dissatisfied governors want Ayu to step down for a southerner as a precondition to support Atiku’s decade-long ambition in the February 25 presidential election. But Ayu has insisted that he would only resign after his four-year constitutional term.

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