Gov Ortom, Edwin Clark back Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi as the right candidate to win the coming presidential election and provide Nigerians the leadership they earnestly yearn for. He maintained that if he were not a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he would have personally led Obi’s campaign across the country. The Governor in a statement issued Tuesday in Makurdi by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Terver Akase also recommended Mr. Obi to Nigerians “as the man who has the capacity
Herdsmen Set Governor Ortom’s Rice Farm Ablaze
Over 20,000 hectares of rice farm belonging to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom have been set ablaze by suspected herdsmen in Tse-Adorogo, Mbabeagh, Nzorov, Guma Local Government Area. In a telephone interview with The Nation, the governor said he had not harvested his rice farm, which is incorporated under Oracle Business Limited, before the suspected herdsmen set it ablaze. Orace Farms, which started when the governor was the Chairman of Guma Local Government Area, is into massive rice and soybeans cultivation. It was learnt that this was the fourth time Ortom’s farms had been attacked. When he was Minster of
Breaking: 8 APC Lawmakers In Benue Serve Impeachment Notice On Gov Ortom
According to Vanguard report, eight lawmakers of the Benue state House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress, APC, have served impeachment notice to the Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom. The lawmakers who sat in the state’s Assembly complex on Monday, 30th July, 2018 gained access to the state assembly complex while the police barricaded further access to the house, Ortom’s aide has confirmed. According to Ortom’s spokesman, Tahav Agerzua, the lawmakers took over the Assembly complex to sit and pass the impeachment notice while the police blocked further access. More to follow
“I Left APC For Encouraging Killings of My People” — Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Sunday, said that he was being persecuted by the Federal Government and his former political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), because he refused to surrender Benue lands to Fulani herdsmen. Today Newspaper also reported that governor Ortom said that his defection from the ruling APC was in rejection of a political party which treats the killing of his people with kid gloves, saying he could not remain in a party encouraging the killing of his people. Governor Ortom stated this at St. Michael’s Catholic Rectory Ameladu during a thanksgiving service in his honour.
Ortom’s spokesman Says Oshiomhole In hurry To Bury APC
Terver Akase, chief press secretary of Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), appears to be in a hurry to perform the funeral of the ruling party. Akase said this in response to the critical comments Oshiomhole made about his principal on Friday. While commenting on Ortom’s defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oshiomhole said the governor had deepened the circle of poverty in his state. Oshiomhole alleged that the governor fell out with the leadership of the party in his state because his close allies were involved in the
Oshiomhole Accuse Gov Ortom of Reducing Governance To Nollywood
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, said that APC is relieved that governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State left the party (APC) to the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the governor was never a participant during the formation of the ruling APC. The APC national chairman also accused the governor of reducing governance to nollywood. Oshiomhole also said that the governor was never a participant during the formation of APC. He empahised that governor Ortom became a candidate of APC to contest as governor in Benue state in 2015 by accident. Oshiomhole said: "For
Fayose Welcomes Ortom To PDP, Says Let’s Rescue Nigeria From Tyrants
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has welcome the executive governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Fayose welcomed the Benue governor and said he hope to see "other forward looking and progressive governors to leave the APC sinking ship" to join hands with him and rescued Nigerians from those he described as tyrants presently occupying Aso Presidential Villa in Abuja. The governor tweeted: "I welcome my brother, Governor Samuel Ortom to the @OfficialPDPNig. I expect other forward looking and progressive governors to leave the APC sinking ship too. Together we must rescue Nigeria from these tyrants
Breaking: Gov Ortom Officially Joins PDP
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His spokesperson, Terver Akase, confirmed the move to PREMIUM TIMES. “Yes, he has defected from APC to PDP,” Mr Akase said by phone Wednesday. Tahav Agerzua, a media adviser to the governor, also told PREMIUM TIMES his principal complained that the APC was no longer a platform that had the interest of the people of Benue at heart. “He now believes that his aspiration and the plight of Benue people would be better realised
No Going Back On My Decision To Exit APC– Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has declared that he is leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) for good. The Nation reported that he told members of OnTiv Professionals Association in Abuja that he would not return to the party for any reason. Ortom spoke a few hours after emerging from a peace meeting with the APC national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole where he said he had not dumped the party and had expressed hope of a peaceful resolution of the crisis in the party. But receiving his guests at the in Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja,the governor said :
Gov Ortom Gives APC Red Card, Says I’m Now a Free Man
In a dramatic twist, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State at the banquet hall of the Government House in Makurdi on Monday announced that he is no longer with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ortom who disclosed this while swearing in the newly appointed Special Adviser on Local Government and Cheftaincy Affairs, Jerome Torshimbe revealed that the APC had given him the red card. “As for the party, I’ve been given the red card and I’m now outside the pitch. So, if I have been given the red card and I’m standing outside, that means I’m a free man.”
