Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, his deputy, Benson
Abounu, commissioners, aides and the 22 local government chairmen of the state
were absent at the campaign rally of the presidential candidate of Peoples
Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Benue is being controlled by PDP with the national chairman
of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, hailing from the state.
Leading the campaign rally for Atiku in the state are former
governor of the state, Senator Gabriel Suswam, former president of the Senate,
David Mark, and the three senators representing Zone A, B and C; Suswam, Orker
Jev and Abba Moro, were in attendance.
Also, the party governorship candidate and his deputy, Titus
Uba and John Ngbede, respectively, and some state working committee members
attended the rally.
Speaking at the rally, Ayu appealed to Ortom, who had not
shown support for Atiku, to join hands with the party to be able to rescue the
country.
Ayu said that he met with one of the G-5 governors, the Abia
State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, two days ago and also urged him to work with
them.
According to the PDP chairman, there is no division in the
party.
Ayu said, “What we
have is some of our members who are aggrieved but we are appealing to Governor
Ortom to come back and join us to rescue the country. Governor Ortom has
nowhere to go. We have already resolved our issue with Governor of Abia State,
Okezie Ikpeazu. I was with him two days ago and he has agreed to work for the
success of our party.”
Atiku, while speaking with the mammoth crowd at the rally,
promised to ensure that the crisis between the people of the state and Fulani
herders would be resolved if voted into office.
He said, “I am the umbrella of Tiv people worldwide. If you
vote for me, I will make sure peace return to Benue State. I will come to the
state and make sure Fulani signs a peace pact with the people of the state.”
Atiku also promised that the $10m promised in his blueprint
would be injected into the economy to create jobs for the youth.
He further assured the people of Benue State that he would
fix the federal roads that pass through the state, just as he promised to
reopen the railway line that passed through the state and ensure that the
Academic Staff Union of Universities no longer embarks on strike.
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