The Middle Belt Renaissance Movement (MRM) on Friday urged the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to stop his opposition of the presidential aspiration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the MRM, Philip Terver, who made the call in a statement in Abuja, said the governor’s position would undermine the interest of the Middle Belt if Atiku wins the 2023 presidential election.
Ortom is one of the five governors who have withdrawn from the PDP’s presidential campaign council to press home their demand for the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu.
Others are Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).
Ortom and some elder statesmen in the state had on October 26 withdrawn their support for the former Vice President for…
