2023: Ortom, SWC meet Benue PDP guber aspirants
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the State Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) on Tuesday met with 21 Benue State gubernatorial aspirants of the party in preparation for the 2023 Guber Polls.
The event took place at the New Banquet Hall of Government House Makurdi.
Ortom briefed journalists at the end of the meeting, saying that they had agreed to work together for a common purpose.
He further added that they would consolidate on the gains already made by PDP in the past to record success in the 2023 elections.
He further explained that based on his interaction with the aspirants, all of them were competent and qualified to govern the State
He, however, noted that only one person would be nominated to fly the party’s flag in the election.
According to the Governor, stakeholders and the party would work towards a consensus candidate.
He noted that where agreement on consensus candidate failed to materialize, free and fair primaries would be conducted to nominate a candidate for the guber election.
He assured that he and the State Working Committee of the PDP would remain neutral in the process leading to nomination of a guber candidate.
Nigerian NewDirect had earlier reported that the aspirants include: Engineer Benson Abounu, Hon. Titus Uba, Hon. Terwase Orbunde, Hon. Terkaa Ucha, Professor Dennis Ityavyar, Dr Paul Ubwa, Engr. Ben Akaaka, Engineer Tertsea Gbishe, Engr. Dondu Ahire and Mr Terver Akase.
Others are Mr Julius Atorugh, Hon. Dominic Akaahan, Hon. Adikpo Agbatse, Isaiah Ipevnor, Dr Paul Angya, Engineer Terver Atsar, Pharmacist Peter Chieshe, Hon. Patrick Ogbu, Hon Christopher Afaor, Mr Boniface Jibo and Barrister Chille Igbawua while Dr Robert Orya and Dominic Akaahan were absent but sent apologies.
The aspirants later held a closed door meeting where they selected Barrister Chile Igbawua as Chairman of the PDP Governorship Aspirants Forum, Patrick Ogbu as Secretary while Mr Julius Atorugh as treasurer.
