Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, has lost the support of two major PDP members due to his selection of a candidate for the state’s Saturday presidential election.
Professor Iyorwuese Hagher, a former minister of power and steel, and Senator Abba Moro, a former minister of the interior, asserted on Monday at a town hall meeting sponsored by supporters of Atiku that none of the other candidates for president had the potential and background of the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar.
The PDP leaders urged the attendees to spread the word about Atiku to the general public.
This runs counter to Governor Ortom’s views, who last week urged people to vote Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate.
Moro, who was the guest speaker at the occasion, noted that the nation is bedevilled by crisis and the only person capable of restoring peace in the country is Atiku.
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He said, “Most of the presidential candidates are hoodwinking Nigerians and not even proffering solutions to our problems. Infrastructural deficit has remained an eyesore in the state and other parts of Nigeria, particularly roads.
“The alarming level of insecurity and educational system collapse, in fact, all aspects of our socio-economic life is begging for a solution. We need someone with structure and experience to take Nigeria out of the woods.
“We should take a critical assessment at the antecedents of the candidates. Atiku has the ability to address institutional educational decay, public-private partnership development and also, unify Nigeria. He is a bridge builder.
“Those governors not supporting him have their lifeline at stake. The G-5 is already divided. Benue people should be careful in picking their choice as we do not have the clout or a large voting population and if we mismanage the little we have, then we will be in problem,” Moro admonished.
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Professor Hagher in his own speech described as immature the sentiment whipped up that Atiku from the same Fulani that has been killing people in the state.
Hagher likened Atiku to the biblical serpent carved by Moses in the wilderness when the Israelites were bitten by snakes saying those who beheld the snake were healed.
“God did not use crocodile or bird but the same fiery serpents that was set on a pole, so a Fulani man was killing our people but another Fulani man is coming to relieve us from the killing,” he said.
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