The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has assured Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, supporters that the party will return to party in 2027.
The former governor made the remark in Makurdi, the state when members of the G14 paid him a courtesy visit in his home.
He stated that the PDP will take over from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The PDP lost power under his watch last year to the APC, making Ortom one of the state governors who failed to install their successors.
The former helmsman however told the G14, representing PDP elders from the 14 local government areas, LGA in the state what the party required to roll back to power in the next election, is to unite its members.
He urged them to put the past behind and work harder for the party to return to power, stressing that he will continue to support the group as the Co-Chairman.
Ortom said, “I encourage you to work and be conscience of the party. Let us put behind us the past grievances. This is the time you have to work harder than before and bring back some of those who want to join us.
“I know that many people are yearning to return to the party, let us begin a new journey, and with God’s on our side, we will get the power back to our party in 2027.”
The former governor is among the PDP governors who refused to support the party’s 2023 Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. They were known as G5, and their decision to back Bola Tinubu has been blamed for APC consolidation of power at the centre after the eight years tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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