Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, says he did not
anoint Terwase Orbunde, his former chief of staff, or any other aspirant as his
successor.
Ortom said this on Wednesday when stakeholders from the
Kwande intermediate area paid him a solidarity visit at the Benue People’s
House in Makurdi.
He said the clarification became necessary to dismiss
insinuations by the former chief of staff that he had betrayed him after the
party zoned the governorship position to Vandeikya.
“Terwase is my brother and friend. We have come a long way.
That is why God told me in 1995 that he (Orbunde) will anchor my governorship
campaign. So I came from Zaria where I was in school to inform him. When it was
time, he joined me in 2015 to actualise my dream,” he said.
“I never promised
Orbunde or any of the aspirants that they will succeed me. I am not God to
anoint anyone to be governor. That is why I have allowed the process to be
followed diligently. How could I have promised him that I will make him
governor.”
Ortom also said Orbunde did not invest N160 million into his
governorship campaign, as is being alleged.
“Orbunde never gave me money during the governorship
campaigns,” he said.
“Those who are close
to him (Orbunde) should pray for him. There is an assignment he said God sent
him to do. He should go back to complete that assignment. I am sure God will
uplift him.”
Ortom assured that a level playing field would be provided
for those who have been cleared to participate in the governorship primary
election in the state.
Orbunde recently decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the governorship
election.
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