Gov Ortom speaks on his successor

The incumbent governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has told those who care to listen, that he has no plans to chose who will succeed him as governor of the state.

Ortom who revealed that much on Friday while addressing PDP stakeholders’ on Friday in Makurdi, said that if anyone comes out to say he has been anointed as his successor, that person is lying.

In that stead, Ortom pledged that he would allow the party to field the most acceptable candidate for the governorship election in 2023.

He said; “If someone tells you that I have anointed him as my successor, tell him that he is lying. I will work with any candidate that the party fields in 2023″, NAN quoted him as saying.

“Nobody should deceive you that he is my anointed candidate for the 2023 general elections’.”

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The governor, however, advised the party to respect zoning arrangements while deciding people to contest the chairmanship and councillorship seats in local government elections slated to hold Nov. 3

“Zoning is the only thing that will give us the results we want at the end of the day. Zoning is very critical in politics.

“I advise people intending to contest the council polls to back down if the zoning formula is not in their favour. If you are not favoured by the zoning arrangement, do not go there. Do not even buy form. Do not waste your resources.

“We are going to set up a committee that will collect the results after the primaries. We will screen the results. Any aspirant not favoured by zoning will be disqualified.

“We are going to do everything in a transparent manner. I am not going to impose any candidate on you,” he added.

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