“I WON'T SUPPORT YOUR PRESIDENTIAL BID”, ORTOM TELLS ATIKU -----TROVE ONLINE MEDIA

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, to go to hell as he will not support his aspiration owing to continuous killings of Benue people.

Ortom stated this on Sunday night, November 6, when he hosted the party’s G-5 Governors comprising Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) in Government House, Makurdi. 

On Sunday, November 6, members of the Peoples Democratic Party's G-5 Governors' team were at Makurdi, Benue state's capital city for the flag-off of the party's governorship campaign in the state. 

The four governors led by their Rivers state colleague, Nyesom Wike met with the number one man in Benue state, Samuel Ortom. Ortom met with Governor Wike of Rivers; Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state at the Makurdi Airport in Benue where he received the G-5 members. 

Governor Nyesom Wike had earlier accused the former minister of transport of failing to deliver on project contracts awarded to him by the state

Wike's allegation followed comments made by the former minister, Abiye Sekibo, that Rivers people have a good relationship with the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) The Rivers state governor noted that Atiku Abubakar has a personal relationship with Sekibo and not Rovers state as a whole.