The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, on Friday said some stakeholders in the state, irrespective of party affiliation, are forming a strategic partnership ahead of the forthcoming governorship election.
Ortom made the declaration in a statement issued by his media aide, Zege Terhide, while dismissing a report trending on social media that he was planning to replace the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Michael Aondoakaa, SAN.
The report circulating on social media alleged that Ortom and other leaders of the party held a secret meeting with some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress to replace the 2027 PDP governorship candidate, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa, SAN, with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Dr Pius Akutah.
Describing the report as false, Ortom said he and other political actors in the state, including the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, and the PDP governorship candidate, Chief
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