Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State (right) and Peter Obi, the Labour Party candidate for Saturday February 25 presidential election in Nigeria
By NewsBits
A video currently circulating online has captured the moment, Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom boldly said he supports the labor party presidential aspirant, Peter Gregory Obi for president of the federal republic of Nigeria.
Peter obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed were in the state for visitation on Thursday to meet with workers and traders to further explain their plans to them. At the event, the Benue state governor, who has never hidden his love for the former governor of Anambra state, was also present.
During the event, Samuel Ortom was allowed to speak, and he openly declared his support for the labor party presidential aspirant and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed. As soon as he said he supports their candidacy, the crowd in the hall went haywire. In the viral video that was shared online, many of them could be seen chanting the name of the Labor Party presidential aspirant
They could be seen chanting “Obi’ ‘obi’ with so much excitement and at a point they were uncontrollable. It is no longer news that Peter Obi has completed his mega rally in all the states and according to his media team, he is currently ongoing a revisitation to some of those states he had gone before. Recently, he revisited Lagos, Enugu, Anmabra, and Imo.
