2027: Ortom debunks plot to replace Aondoakaa as Benue PDP guber candidate
By Peter Duru, Makurdi MAKURDI — Former Benue State Governor and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Samuel Ortom, has dismissed reports alleging that he and other party leaders are planning to replace the party’s 2027 governorship candidate, Chief Michael Aondoakaa, SAN, with the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Dr Pius Akutah.
The former governor also dismissed speculation over the PDP governorship ticket, declaring that Aondoakaa remained the party’s duly nominated candidate for the 2027 governorship election in the state.
The former governor explained that he, alongside the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, and the PDP governorship candidate, Aondoakaa, met with prominent Benue indigenes, including Chief Simon Shango, Prof Iyorwuese Hagher, Dr Pius Akutah, Emmanuel Ameh and Dr Matthias Byuan.
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