2023: Ortom opposes Atiku as he drums support for Southern presidency via politicsngr
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Ortom is among the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party , otherwise known as the G5. The governors and their associates are yet to come to an agreement with the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku, a former vice-president hails from Adamawa State, Northeastern Nigeria., Ortom said his host, Governor Nyesom Wike, should have succeeded President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
“Your son from Rivers State contested and it was said that he lost. But some of us believed that he was the right person to unite, bring us together and ensure justice, fairness and equity for Nigerians. “I want Rivers State people to work with our governor, Governor Wike, and at the end of the day, just like the G5, we will decide what we are going to do because Nigeria today is in turmoil and it is only when we do the best that we can get out of our challenges,” Ortom said.
With regard to the 2023 election, the frontline presidential candidate of Southern extraction is Peter Obi of the Labour Party. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, has visited Ortom in Benue State severally since the PDP crisis started in May.
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