Samuel Ortom Archives

Dec

26

2022

Gov Ortom endorses Peter Obi, says LP candidate can deliver Nigeria

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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged Nigerians to vote for the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in 2023. Ortom said Obi is the best person that can help deliver Nigeria from its challenges, He spoke while commending Obi for visiting camps of the Internally Displaced People, IDPs, in the State on Christmas day. Speaking in Makurdi, the governor prayed that God would bless Obi’s presidential ambition. According to Ortom: “Several presidential candidates have come here, and none of them have chosen to visit those IDPs camps and look at their plight to see how they are…

Nov

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

PDP Crisis: G5 Govs. sheath sword, makes new demands

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The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be over after the leadership of the party reached a truce with the PDP G5 governors. Members of the PDP G5 Governors, led by the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, have been at loggerheads with Atiku, after Wike failed to win the party’s presidential ticket. Other members of the G5 are: Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State. The G5 were also unhappy that Atiku rejected Wike as running mate and are demanding the…

Oct

31

2022

By Kalu Odinakachi

PDP Crisis: Wike dares Ayu to stop Ortom, others from contesting

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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has hit back at Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), over his remarks against Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Ayu had made it clear he had the power to stop Ortom and others from contesting the 2023 elections. “I have the powers to stop you and you will not go anywhere because I will insist that I must sign before you go anywhere,” Ayu had said. But Wike, while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said the PDP chairman lacks integrity, describing him as corrupt. “I dare the…

Oct

13

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ortom expresses confidence in capacity of Igbos to rule Nigeria

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The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence in the Igbo people, saying they have the potential to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity. The governor, who made the expression in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday when Igbo PDP Forum paid him a courtesy visit, said the South-Easterners are accommodating and hard-working. According to Ortom, the Igbos are peaceful, stressing that they have the ability to live with other ethnic groups in the country. He vowed to continue speaking to authority on the incessant attacks on Benue people by suspected armed herdsmen. “The Igbo are accommodating and hard…