Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue
state, says he has no plans to anoint anybody as his successor.
Ortom, while addressing PDP
stakeholders’ on Friday in Makurdi, assured them that he would allow the party
to field the most acceptable candidate for the governorship election in 2023.
“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,” he said.
“Nobody should deceive you that
he is my anointed candidate for the 2023 general elections.”
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 November 30.
“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,” he said.
“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 assured the stakeholders that
there were better days ahead, saying more contracts would be awarded and more
appointments made.
Ortom added that more jobs would
be created and several other things that could be of benefit to them would come
their way soon.
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