Tag: Gov Ortom
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Gov Ortom, Edwin Clark back Obasanjo’s endorsement of Obi
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has backed former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi as the right candidate to win the coming presidential election and provide Nigerians the leadership they earnestly yearn for. He maintained that if he were not a member of the Peoples…
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Herdsmen Set Governor Ortom’s Rice Farm Ablaze
Over 20,000 hectares of rice farm belonging to Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom have been set ablaze by suspected herdsmen in Tse-Adorogo, Mbabeagh, Nzorov, Guma Local Government Area. In a telephone interview with The Nation, the governor said he had not harvested his rice farm, which is incorporated under Oracle Business Limited, before the suspected…
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Breaking: 8 APC Lawmakers In Benue Serve Impeachment Notice On Gov Ortom
According to Vanguard report, eight lawmakers of the Benue state House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress, APC, have served impeachment notice to the Governor of the state, Samuel Ortom. The lawmakers who sat in the state’s Assembly complex on Monday, 30th July, 2018 gained access to the state assembly complex while the police…
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“I Left APC For Encouraging Killings of My People” — Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, on Sunday, said that he was being persecuted by the Federal Government and his former political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), because he refused to surrender Benue lands to Fulani herdsmen. Today Newspaper also reported that governor Ortom said that his defection from the ruling APC was in rejection…
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Ortom’s spokesman Says Oshiomhole In hurry To Bury APC
Terver Akase, chief press secretary of Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, says Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), appears to be in a hurry to perform the funeral of the ruling party. Akase said this in response to the critical comments Oshiomhole made about his principal on Friday. While commenting on …
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Oshiomhole Accuse Gov Ortom of Reducing Governance To Nollywood
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, said that APC is relieved that governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State left the party (APC) to the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying that the governor was never a participant during the formation of the ruling APC. The APC national chairman also accused…
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Fayose Welcomes Ortom To PDP, Says Let’s Rescue Nigeria From Tyrants
Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has welcome the executive governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). Fayose welcomed the Benue governor and said he hope to see “other forward looking and progressive governors to leave the APC sinking ship” to join hands with him and rescued Nigerians from those he…
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Breaking: Gov Ortom Officially Joins PDP
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His spokesperson, Terver Akase, confirmed the move to PREMIUM TIMES. “Yes, he has defected from APC to PDP,” Mr Akase said by phone Wednesday. Tahav Agerzua, a media adviser…
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No Going Back On My Decision To Exit APC– Gov Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has declared that he is leaving the All Progressives Congress (APC) for good. The Nation reported that he told members of OnTiv Professionals Association in Abuja that he would not return to the party for any reason. Ortom spoke a few hours after emerging from a peace meeting with…
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Gov Ortom Gives APC Red Card, Says I’m Now a Free Man
In a dramatic twist, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State at the banquet hall of the Government House in Makurdi on Monday announced that he is no longer with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ortom who disclosed this while swearing in the newly appointed Special Adviser on Local Government and Cheftaincy Affairs, Jerome Torshimbe…