Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has urged his people to back Labour Party (LP) candidate Peter Obi in the upcoming 2023 presidential election.
He thinks Obi can help Nigeria overcome its problems, and he would have supported the Liberation Party (LP) candidate if he weren't a member of the PDP.
This information was made public on Sunday during Peter Obi's courtesy visit to Makurdi, the seat of the state, where he spent Christmas with its internally displaced citizens (PWDs).
“Several presidential candidates have come here, and none of them has chosen to visit those IDPs camps and look at their plight to see how they are doing and give them hope that when they win, they will bring them succour, help, and hope.
“For you to have chosen to visit the IDPs on a Christmas day that you should be celebrating with your family, for me as a Christian, I say God will bless you and your aspirations. My prayer is that God will bless your aspiration to be the president of this country.
“Because I have seen capacity, faith, and hope, and I have seen someone who can bring the required equity, justice, and fairness that I have been pursuing since I became governor in 2015.
“If I were not in PDP, I would have been following you all over the place to canvass and vote for you.
“But, because I’m in PDP, I’m telling Nigerians that this man can help deliver this country from its challenges,” he said.