Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has picked his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the 2019 governorship election in the state.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Terver Akase, made the disclosure in a Saturday statement.
Ortom picked the form ahead of the PDP governorship primary in Benue.
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The statement read, “The governor thanked the leadership and members of PDP for the opportunity given him to seek the party’s ticket in the coming general elections.
“He appreciated his teeming supporters across the state, urging them to remain peaceful and sustain the spirit of politics without bitterness as they have been doing.
“Governor Ortom also thanked Benue people for their prayers and goodwill, promising not to disappoint them.”
The governor, who was elected for his first term under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2015, is seeking reelection under the PDP after defecting from the APC in July.
Ortom left the APC after locking horns with former governor of the state and senator representing Benue North West senatorial district in the National Assembly, Sen. George Akume.
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Weeks before defecting from the APC, Ortom sacked several aides loyal to Akume in his government.
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