Samuel Ortom who is the Benue State Governor has come out to reveal that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has finally agreed to his advice which was pertaining tp his disagreement with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike and the conflict
Governor Ortom had openly berated Atiku Abubakar for failing to pick Wike as his 2023 presidential running mate despite a recommendation by the party’s committee. The Governor had also faulted the former Vice President for failing to reach out to Wike and some of other aggrieved members of the party after picking Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate.
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However, Atiku had last week faulted Ortom for saying that the PDP committee recommended Wike as the party’s vice-presidential candidate.
He insisted that the committee set up at his instance recommended three names: Wike, Okowa and Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom and he settled for Okowa, who he claimed could deliver. Fielding questions from newsmen at the Benue State Government House, Makurdi, on Monday, Ortom said he did not want to be dragged into a face-off with Atiku anymore, adding that he doesn’t want to contradict his presidential candidate.
Ortom said, “I don’t want to answer questions on that again, my presidential candidate has acceded to my advice. I wouldn’t want to contradict my presidential candidate.
“Whatever happens rightly or wrongly, I accept it. We’re the same family; we will find a way of resolving our matter.”
In another report, Samuel Ortom the controversial Benue State Governor, has openly called on the American government and the rest of the international community to hold the government of President Muhammadu Buhari accountable for the rising spate of violence in Nigeria.
Governor Ortom had made the call at the State Department, Washington DC, while interacting with some of its officials.
He had also reiterated that President Buhari and his government should be held responsible if anything happens to him while citing the series of massive threats which he has been receiving and the attempt made on his life in March last year as signals that the Presidency and its conspirators are after him. He also pointed out that till date, those who attacked him have not been prosecuted.
He had also stated that he was at the State Department to present the traumatized Nigerian victims’ side of the story after discovering that wrong narratives were being circulated across the globe by the government of Buhari to shield itself from complicity.