Admin l Wednesday, August 11, 2021
MAKURDI, The Benue State Governor, Mr. Samuel Ortom has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has resolved internal crisis, learnt its lessons and ready to serve as beacon of hope to Nigerians.
Ortom who made the statement while speaking to journalists at the Makurdi Airport said internal wrangling in the party have been resolved and that the party is now poised for victory in future elections.
According to him, PDP has resolved to remain focused in the face of intimidation and blackmail from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, stressing that the PDP is prepared to take Nigeria from bottom to top and not top to bottom as APC promised Nigerians in 2015.
He described PDP as the party that is people oriented with the capacity to provide a better alternative. He said the 13 Governors elected on the party’s platform remain united in promoting its interest above other considerations.
The Governor noted that APC has failed Nigerians on all fronts including economy, security and its mantra of anti-corruption fight, stressing that Nigerians have been abandoned to their fate by the ruling party. He stated that the meeting with other stakeholders of the PDP decided that the National Executive Committee of the party should call for an early convention slated for October 2021, saying all stakeholders endorsed the decision which is to be implemented according to the PDP constitution.
Reacting to claims by the APC in Benue that it had registered five million members, Governor Ortom said the claim was a 419 move by the party and a rehearsal for rigging in future elections.
He stated that the claim was against the overwhelming majority of members of the PDP in Benue which won the governorship, three senatorial seats, seven House of Representatives seats among others in the 2019 general election.
Governor Ortom described the moves to amend the Electoral Act by the National Assembly as another fiasco aimed at denying Nigerians the right to have their votes count, insisting that a push for manual transmission of results was against the tenets of credible and transparent elections.
