"Market No Good For Me": Top North Central Governor Speaks on Losing 2023 Senatorial Bid
- Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has said that the senatorial ambition in the last general election did not favour him
- The governor said he will focus on his farming career after handing over to his successor on May 29
- According to Ortom, the G5 governors of the PDP were able to achieve the desire of their members and the integrity of the group
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The governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has said that 'market was not good' for him in the just-concluded 2023 general election.
Ortom, an incumbent governor of Benue state contested for Benue Northwest senatorial district under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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The phrase 'market no good' which was used by Ortom is usually used to indicate that all - which one ventured into - did not pan out well or as planned.
Speaking on losing his senatorial bid while featuring on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Friday, April 7, Ortom said his hope to become a Nigerian lawmaker was dashed on Saturday, February 25 when he lost to his former aide, Titus Zam.
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He also said with his failed senatorial bid, he would likely return to his farm or find something else to do after he hands it over to the incoming administration on May 29.
His words:
“The market (senatorial bid) for me is not good. This time around, the market is not good but I will be here (as Benue governor) till May 29 when I will handover by the grace of God. I will find something else to do. I may go back to my farm as far as I am concerned.”
“I and others (G5 governors) were able to achieve the desire of our members, the integrity group. Because the G5 came out as a result of the fallout of the PDP primary election and party convention in 2022. Some of us believe that there should be a power shift."
PDP Crisis: “Ayu Should Appear Before Disciplinary Committee, Not Me”, Ortom Hits Back
The governor of Benue state has reacted to the latest move by the PDP against him and some other members of the party.
Samuel Ortom said the national chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, is losing his sense of direction and should be sent to the disciplinary committee.
The Benue governor also dismissed his referral to the disciplinary panel over alleged anti-party activities as contempt of a subsisting court order.
2023 presidential election: Atiku reveals why Peter Obi left PDP
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, said Peter Obi left the party due to the constant insults he got from Governor Nyesom Wike.
Obi had purchased the presidential form of the PDP in the buildup to the party's primaries in 2022. He, however, later pulled out and defected to the Labour Party (LP), where he eventually contested the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking through his media aide Phrank Shaibu, in Abuja on Wednesday, March 14, Atiku said Governor Wike's attack on Obi over controlling the PDP structure in Anambra made Obi leave.
Source: Legit.ng
