Benue gov-elect. Said i was a motor park tout
Samuel Ortom
The Benue State incoming Governor,
Chief Samuel Ortom, has described his experience as a motor park tout
and his election as governor as a divine arrangement and the handiwork
of God.
He said, “My journey from being a motor
park tout to an elected governor is purely a divine arrangement. I cast
my mind back to when I dropped out of school in Form 2 but I remained
hardworking and I did not engage in crime to survive.
“One
thing I know is that hard work pays and you must keep faith with God;
power belongs to God and He alone gives it to whoever He will.”
The former Minister of State for
Industry, Trade and Investment said he had dropped out of school in Form
2 due to lack of funds but this did not force him to engage in criminal
activities to survive.
Ortom, however, noted that the selection
process of the PDP delegates in the last party’s primary in the state
was manipulated by the party leadership intentionally to thwart his
ambition of becoming the next governor.
He said the party also frustrated the support of the Benue populace who supported him.
He said, “The process of selection of
delegates in the last PDP governorship election was manipulated by the
leadership of the party to thwart my ambition and frustrate the people
who all supported me. But God vindicated me and blessed me, and now I am
an elected governor.”
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