Gov. Samuel Ortom Finally Takes A Stand, Urges Nigerians To Vote Peter Obi Of Labour Party As President On February 25th.
By Ebor Cletus Ralph Jr.
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, has urged Nigerians to vote Peter Obi the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 25 February election.
Mr Ortom, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is serving out his second term as governor, but he is contesting for the Benue North-west Senatorial District seat.
The governor’s open declaration of support for Mr Obi’s presidential bid on Thursday, comes a few hours after a Makurdi High Court restrained the PDP from either suspending or expelling him from the party.
Gov. Ortom belongs to a five-member group of PDP governors known as G-5 aggrieved with the national leadership of the party.
Led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State the G5 governors are asking the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign since the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is also northerner.
For the records, Ayu hails from the same senatorial district as Gov. Ortom.
