What my boss is doing to advance his governorship ambition - Ortom's aide reveals

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- One of Governor Samuel Ortom's aides, Tahav Agerzua, has cleared his boss' name from allegations of betrayal and disrespect levied against him

- Agerzua was on Monday, Wednesday 17, responding to claims that Ortom betrayed Senator Barnabas Gemade, an ex-national chairman of the PDP

- Ortom's aide said that contrary to widespread rumours, the governor has immense respect for the senator

Tahav Agerzua, Governor Samuel Ortom's special adviser on media and information communications technology, on Monday, September 17, said that his boss does not betray people and has immense respect for Senator Barnabas Gemade, Punch reports.

Gemade is an ex-national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who represents Benue north-east senatorial district and defected to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Monday.

Agerzua said: “This is because Governor Ortom does not betray people not to talk of someone of Gemade’s personality. Let it be on record that Governor Ortom has immense respect for the person and political stature of Senator Barnabas Gemade and has done everything to accord him his due respect.

“However, it should be noted that Ortom does not have the capacity to compel delegates of the Peoples Democratic Party to vote for any candidate.

“Even for his nomination for re-election, Governor Ortom has embarked on an intensive consultation with PDP stakeholders across the state during which he presented his scorecard while advancing reasons why they should nominate him.

“He appealed to other aspirants to also consult with delegates and persuade them in a similar manner.

“Yet as a Christian, the governor believes that a man can receive nothing except it’s given him from above since the ultimate power belongs to God.”

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Having left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP recently, Germade moved to the SDP where he picked the party's nomination form for his senatorial ambition.This was after he picked the expression of interest and nomination forms of the PDP.

However, it was revealed by sources at the state party secretariat that Gemade did not return the forms.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com reported that Benue governor had described the recent statement by the APC in the state, suggesting he left them on his own accord as hypocritical.

The governor in a statement sent to NAIJ.com by his chief press secretary, Terver Akase, said the statement was “hypocrisy of the highest order,” stressing that the party has before now, passed vote of confidence on him as a result of his performance.

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