{"id":25245,"date":"2018-07-25T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=25245"},"modified":"2018-07-25T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T13:27:59","slug":"ortom-defects-to-pdp-says-apc-ward-chair-ready-to-follow-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ortom-defects-to-pdp-says-apc-ward-chair-ready-to-follow-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Ortom Defects To PDP, Says APC Ward Chair Ready To Follow Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom formally announced his membership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n

He said that he has forwarded the letter of his resignation from the All Progressives Congress to his ward chairman.<\/p>\n

Ortom was elected on the platform of the ruling APC in 2015.<\/p>\n

According to his Wiki citation, Ortom had served in different political parties in Benue State, and the parties include the National Centre Party of Nigeria, where he served as State Publicity Secretary.<\/p>\n

He also served as the State Treasurer of the All People\u2019s Party; and State Secretary as well as State Deputy Chairman of the People\u2019s Democratic Party.<\/p>

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He was also Director of Operations of the PDP gubernatorial campaign in Benue State in 2007 and Director of Administration and Logistics of the Goodluck\/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation in 2011.<\/p>\n

Ortom was also the PDP National Auditor, before his appointment as minister in July 2011.<\/p>\n

In April 2015, he contested for governorship of Benue State and won under the platform of the All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ortom has said that the APC ward chairman was ready to join him in PDP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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