Ortom applauds Ayu’s emergence as PDP chair, urges support

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has expressed joy with the emergence of former Senate President, Iyorchia Ayu, as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP), saying Nigerians now have hope for entrenchment of internal democracy in political parties.

Ortom, who stated this to newsmen at the weekend in Makurdi on his arrival from Abuja, maintained that Ayu’s emergence “has shown that PDP was set for its convention” billed to hold on October 30.

His words: “The chairmanship was the most difficult aspect of getting somebody to emerge. If we are able to do that, we have also encouraged the other regions that various positions are zoned to work very hard and especially arrive at a consensus to have candidates of our party, and it would just be a walkover.

“Fulfilling all righteousness, we will still have to vote anyway, but it won’t be contentious anymore. On that day, we will all go there and endorse them, instead of voting for each of the persons. That is what we desire.”