Former governor of Benue State Samuel Ortom has said he heard from God that he should not run for any election in 2027.
“I’m not contesting the 2027 election. I knew why I lost the election in 2023. I didn’t consult God. My people purchased the forms for me, and I accepted them without consulting God.
“God has revealed everything to me. He has asked me to wait for him,” Ortom said on Tuesday in Makurdi when People’s Democracy Party (PDP) G-14 members paid him a courtesy visit.
The G-14 members are elders of the PDP in the 14 Tiv-speaking local government areas in Benue.
The former governor said that he had no option but to respect God’s wish.
Ortom stated that the PDP was determined to take over the Benue Government House in 2027.
Ortom further disclosed that while serving the state as governor, he made far-reaching sacrifices, including abandoning his family and friends at some point for state matters.
The former governor promised to continue to support the party, adding that no one’s ambition should be above the interest of the party.
According to him, after he left office, he wanted to go on sabbatical, but the elders objected.
“As a leader of the party in the state, I lack the powers to dissolve the group. So nobody can disband this group.
“G-14 is the elders forum of the PDP in Benue. If anything must happen, I must know first because I am the leader,” he said.
On the forthcoming congresses, he said, the national secretariat had already approved the ward and local government congresses of Benue, adding that the state congress would be held on October 3.
He said he had already spoken to Sen. Gabriel Suswam and Sen. Abba Moro, and they agreed to encourage consensus as much as they could because they were in opposition.
