Top former governor reveals preferred candidate for 2027 presidency

• Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has reaffirmed his presumption that the southbound should clasp the presidency successful the 2027 election
• Ortom, successful an interrogation connected Thursday, July 10, maintained that adjacent his party, PDP, indispensable nutrient its statesmanlike campaigner from the confederate region
• The erstwhile politician argued that the South should beryllium allowed to implicit its 8 years earlier powerfulness would beryllium shifted to the North

Samuel Ortom, the erstwhile politician of Benue state, has reiterated his enactment for a confederate campaigner successful the 2027 statesmanlike election, adding that the southbound should beryllium allowed to implicit its 8 years earlier zoning it to the north.

The contiguous past politician of the north-central authorities reaffirmed that the 2027 presidency should stay with the south, insisting that the portion indispensable implicit its 8 years earlier moving to the north.

Former Governor Samuel Ortom speaks connected 2027 presidency Photo Credit: @OrtomSamuel
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Samuel Ortom holds media chat

Ortom disclosed this portion speaking astatine a media chat successful Makurdi, the authorities capital, connected Thursday, July 10, adding that adjacent his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), indispensable contiguous a confederate campaigner successful the adjacent predetermination cycle.

The erstwhile governor's connection reads successful part:

“Till today, I, Ortom, judge successful confederate presidency, adjacent if my enactment (PDP) is producing a campaigner for presidency successful 2027, the campaigner indispensable beryllium from the South. South should beryllium allowed to implicit 8 years."

Ortom speaks amid conjugation adoption of ADC

Ortom's remark came amid the adoption of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) arsenic the governmental level of the erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar-led conjugation movement, with the purpose of wresting powerfulness from President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful the 2027 elections.

He was 1 of the 5 governors of the PDP who fought against the candidacy of Atiku successful the PDP during the 2023 election. Atiku, a northerner, emerged arsenic the PDP campaigner and subsequently failed to heed to the request of the confederate bloc successful the party, a improvement that contibuted to his decision successful the election.

Samuel Ortom speaks connected the 2027 election Photo Credit: @GovWike
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The conjugation was afloat of absorption leaders, including Peter Obi of the Labour Party and erstwhile Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi. At the moment, Atiku, Obi and Amaechi person expressed their involvement successful becoming the flagbearer of the conjugation to contention against President Tinubu.

One of the criticisms against the conjugation question is the information that virtually each its leaders person statesmanlike ambition and nary of them appeared to beryllium acceptable to surrender their oregon her's for another. This presumption was cited by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the erstwhile spokesperson of the Northern Elders' Forum (NEF).

Atiku denies study to measurement down

Legit.ng earlier reported that Atiku Abubakar, the erstwhile vice president of Nigeria, has denied the study of being told to measurement down for a confederate campaigner successful the ADC

The media bureau of the erstwhile vice president made the disclaimer portion describing the study arsenic propaganda from the ruling APC

Atiku explained that determination was nary clip helium was called to a gathering to measurement down for a confederate campaigner successful the recently adopted ADC

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Source: Legit.ng