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Recall that at the end of collation of the first election held on March 3, the INEC Returning Officer, Prof. SabastineMaimako had declared the election inconclusive after Governor Ortom polled a total of 410,576 votes ahead of Jime who got 329,022 votes.
It is, however, instructive to note that Governor Ortom’s second term victory, like other governors before him was not gotten on a platter of gold. Ortom was caught in between satisfying the yearnings of his people and acceding to the demands of the powers in Abuja. It almost became a sing-song by the APC in the state that federal might would be deployed during the just concluded election to remove Governor Ortom from office.
Perhaps, the Governor was chased into a fertile political ground in the PDP where he truly belonged from the onset and where the likes of former Governor Gabriel Suswam, former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, former Senate Presidents, IyorchiaAyu and David Mark held sway with the deep-rooted cult-like support base.
This was also acknowledged by the Chancellor, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Rev. Father Christopher Bologo in his homily at the funeral mass held for late Senator Joseph Waku in Makurdi
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