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By Peter Duru, Makurdi
Former Benue state governor and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state, Chief Samuel Ortom, has dismissed as false and misleading reports alleging that he and other party leaders are plotting to replace the party’s 2027 governorship candidate, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, SAN, with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Dr. Pius Akutah.
Ortom, in a statement issued by his Media Assistant, Zege Terhide, said the report circulating on social media was a “mischievous” distortion of a recent meeting involving prominent Benue stakeholders.
The former governor explained that he, alongside the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, and the PDP governorship candidate, Aondoakaa, met with prominent Benue sons, including Chief Simon Shango, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, Dr. Pius Akutah, Emmanuel Ameh and Dr. Matthias Byuan.
According to him, the meeting was part of ongoing consultations aimed at building a broad strategic alliance among
