The Benue State Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom has revealed that he divinely received a call from God that he would one day emerge as Benue State governor.
He said this in an interview with Daily Trust. He said his predecessor, Gabriel Suswan vowed that over his dead body would he (Ortom) become the governor.
According to him, “This call was in 1992 while I served as chairman of Guma local government area.
I had the inspiration after prayers that one day I would become governor of Benue State. I did not keep it to myself, I voiced it out and those around me then can testify that I said it. And then, it was instructive for me to be diligent, disciplined and to get closer to God so that I would prepare towards it. And I kept faith from 1992 to 2012 when God finally told me that the anointing I received to become the governor of Benue State was going to materialise in 2015.
That was precisely 20 years after I received the call. I went into fasting and prayer and God assured me to go ahead. And I took time to wait on God. And it was instructive during this waiting that I should look unto God, I should not create enemies, I should not fight on my own, I should allow God to lead me through. I should not go ahead of God’s direction, I should wait. And that was why my campaign was very unique.
I was not violent and I did not use money because I did not even have it. God told me that He was going to provide all that was needed to prosecute my election. And truly, God did it, because even as a minister, it was pretty difficult even trying to conduct my official duties more so that I was in a ministry where there was no capital project and even overheads.
Most times I had to fall back on friends and fall back on my personal resources to sustain myself. So, by the time I was leaving office on the 20th of October, 2014, the total money I had on me was less than N3 million. But I came home, believing and trusting God that He would see me through. And today, I give glory to God that despite all the intimidation and manipulations from the powers that be, God was able to lead me and eventually when it became obvious that I was going to be denied the ticket in PDP, even though more than 70 percent of the PDP supporters were supporting my gubernatorial ambition, the leadership of the party under Gabriel Suswam said that over his dead body would I be governor.