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He appealed to the leadership of the PDP to expel them without further delay.

At the party’s expanded caucus meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital yesterday, Ortom said the exit of the “moths and termites” who worked against the party in 2023, which accounted for its loss, would solidify the PDP to reclaim its mandate in 2027.

He said, “I am very optimistic with every confidence that PDP will bounce back to power in 2027 and I am saying those who left the party for the so-called coalition should be expelled, Benue State will be better off under the PDP.

“The PDP is very strong. In the 2023 election, we were rigged out, we had ‘moths and termites’ who were tormenting the party. Today, we have a solid family. I want to assure you that without those termites we will win future elections one hand as a committed party.

“In 2027, we are going to bring a governor that will implement the Anti-Open Grazing Law and stop the killing and ensure that the IDPs go back to their ancestral homes. We will stop invaders from coming into our state and regain our status as the ‘food basket’ of the nation. We will install a government that will have a listening ear and be ready to secure our land.

“We were better off under the PDP. There is no coalition, if it is a strategic partnership, we can go into it, but those who are neither here nor there should be expelled from the party to give way for great ideas,” he said.

Also, the Senate minority leader, Senator Abba Moro, maintained that the “PDP is strong, vibrant and intact”, noting that those who felt frustrated have decided to leave the party.

He said, “Some persons who felt frustrated due to their inability to confuse anybody and truncate the will of the party, have moved to another party. The unfortunate thing about the ADC is that some people have moved from certainty to uncertainty. If for some reason some people decide to move to uncertainty because of some problems, they are in an uncertain boat with an uncertain future.

“I am here and do not have any reason to leave the PDP, not now nor tomorrow. We will be battle ready in 2027.

It is not a social media warfare or talkshop. Those who have left will realise that there is no greener pasture elsewhere. We will create a winning mentality for 2027,” Moro said.

Earlier, the state PDP chairman, Ezekiel Adaji said “the coalition is just a wind”, insisting that the PDP is waxing stronger amidst some challenges which would be resolved soon.

yarimo:
Any PDP member going for any coalition meeting he/she is the real problem of PDP

yarimo:
Any PDP member going for any coalition meeting he/she is the real problem of PDP

anonimi:
2023: PDP and politics of healing Wike’s self-inflicted injury

Then, the race began in earnest for three years now, reaching a frenzy with the works of the two PDP committees on zoning. The first was the Gov Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi committee on the zoning of the PDP party offices. The Ugwuanyi committee quickly told the world the committee’s assignment did not cover zoning the office of the president. Though this was true, the question is: why didn’t the Ugwuanyi committee zone the PDP chairmanship to the North without aligning it to the divide that would produce the PDP presidential flag-bearer? The second committee headed by Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue state was specifically on the zoning of the presidential ticket and, with the votes of the representatives of all the 17 Southern states without any exception, the Committee unanimously recommended throwing open the PDP presidential ticket, which the PDP NEC simply upheld.

One thing irrefutably stands out – Wike shot himself in the leg. Here was a man who had an overarching influence on both committees but could not insist that the ticket be zoned South. Many had wondered why? The reason is also relatively in plain sight: the Southeast factor. As the clamour for zoning of the presidential ticket of the PDP to South reached its crescendo, many had pointed out the fact that though the PDP Constitution had prescribed zoning of the office of the president to be between North and South since the South-west and South-south had taken their turns in producing the president and the vice in this current dispensation in the persons of Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, zoning this time around, should not just be to the South but the Southeast.

Atiku Abubakar went a step further by offering to step down from the race if it would be agreed that the touted zoning to the South would mean micro-zoning to the Southeast. Wike and the rest could not take the Atiku challenge maybe because Atiku would likely back Peter Obi, who was his vice-presidential running mate in 2019 and an ally. The prospects of Peter Obi picking the ticket if PDP zoned South was so real compelling Wike to go for an open contest, believing he could pick it up ahead of Atiku, Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed, given his large war chest.

https://www.thecable.ng/2023-pdp-and-politics-of-healing-wikes-self-inflicted-injury/amp

GenFunction:
In 2027, we are going to bring a governor that will implement the Anti-Open Grazing Law and stop the killing and ensure that the IDPs go back to their ancestral homes....
What a foolish man.
He ruled as governor o.
Now he say make another person come do wetin he suppose don do.
Smh
Tueh

anonimi:
January 10, 2019

Atiku believes in ranching, deserves our votes – Ortom

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has disclosed that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is a sincere advocate of ranching as solution to the lingering herders crisis in the country.

The Governor who spoke Thursday at his reelection campaign rally in Katsina/Ala also stated that the former Vice President was not a religious fundamentalist.

He reiterated his appeal to the electorate in the state to vote massively for Atiku who was on the same page with the people of the state and all PDP candidates in the forthcoming election.

He observed that while President Muhammadu Buhari was canvassing for the opening up of cattle routes which would impact negatively on the land of the people of the state if implemented, Alhaji Atiku had been establishing ranches for his cattle and even proceeded to build feed-mills.

He said, “ranching is critical to the survival of our state because it remains the best solution to the incessant crises between farmers and herders with monumental loss of human lives and property over the years hence we must vote against those who opposed it.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/atiku-believes-in-ranching-deserves-our-votes-ortom/amp/

yarimo:
Any PDP member going for any coalition meeting he/she is the real problem of PDP