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Benue PDP Crisis: Nobody Has Right To Disband G14 – Ortom
Former Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has said nobody has the right to disband the G-14 which is a pressure group of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state.
He stated this on Tuesday when the G14 paid a courtesy visit to him at his Makurdi residence.
Ortom charged the G-14 to continue to be the conscience of the party and continue to encourage and support the leadership of the party at all levels, beginning from the national to the ward.
He appreciated the G-14 for the visit and their selfless sacrifice for the party.
Chief Ortom used the opportunity to invite members of the party to the state congress scheduled for Thursday.
The leader of the group, Dr Laha Dzever commended Chief Ortom for the smooth conduct of the ward and local government congresses in the state.
He expressed confidence in the leadership of Chief Ortom to resolve any dispute within the party.
Dzever debunked the insinuation that G-14 was formed by an individual.
He disclosed that they formed the G-14 after Ortom became governor of Benue State in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and in their bid to rescue the party, the group was formed from elders from the 14 Tiv-speaking local governments.
Dzever assured Chief Ortom that as the leader of the party in the state, the G-14 are solidly behind him.
He restated the age-long tradition of the party which makes a governor the leader of the party in the state and where the governor is not a member of the party, the immediate past governor is the leader.
David Amo who spoke for Benue North East Senatorial District stated that the PDP was one and the leader of the party remains Chief Ortom.
Samuel Utov wondered why someone would claim to have disbanded G-14 when the G-14 is not the creation of the one who purportedly disbanded the group.
He stressed that even Chief Ortom who is the leader of the party in the state by virtue of his status as the immediate past governor cannot disband G-14, adding that only God can dissolve G-14.
Speaking for the women, the immediate past chairman of Ushongo Local Government, Veronica Gajir called on Chief Ortom to galvanize the party to return to power in 2027.
Speaking for the youths, Samuel Akough commended Ortom for his leadership of the party and, assuring him of the support of the youths.
Speaking on behalf of Sankera, the pioneer State Youth Leader of the PDP in Benue State, Joseph Nengean appreciated Ortom for the security in the area while he was governor, adding that the security situation in the area has deteriorated and prayed that no weapon fashioned against him shall prosper.
Chief Atsaga Anemba who spoke for Jechira restated Ortom’s leadership of the party, adding that it is the convention of the party and the reason elders of the party across Tiv land are behind the immediate past governor.
Speaking for the Jechira intermediate area, Elder Shimawa Adzaigba called on the G-14 to resolve the crisis in the party.
The National Ex-officio representing Benue State, Ortese Gbegi who spoke for Jemgbagh commended Ortom for his leadership of the party and smooth conduct of the ward and local government congresses in the state.
Responding on behalf of the 14 elected local government chairmen, the PDP chairman of Katsina-ala local government, Terseer Adigoh and PDP Chairman of Makurdi local government, Paul Tion all pledged their unflinching loyalty to Ortom and assured him of their support as he stirs the affairs of the party in the state.
The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Speaker Martin Amaewhule, has initiated impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Ngozi Odu, issuing them a seven-day notice to respond to allegations of gross misconduct.
The Assembly cited eight specific allegations of gross misconduct as the basis for the move.
This is the third time Fubara and Odu would be facing impeachment proceedings from the Assembly since coming to office in 2023.
Attempts to impeach them in 2023 and 2025, amid political feuds between the Governor and his predecessor and erstwhile political god-father, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, had been halted by presidential intervention.
Here are the allegations below:
1. Reckless and unconstitutional expenditure of public funds
2. Unconstitutional misappropriation of public funds
3. Hindering the Rivers Assembly from performing its constitutional duties
4. Illegal appointments of persons without screening by the House of Assembly as provided by the Constitution
5. Seizure of salaries and funds meant for Assembly members
6. Seizure of salaries of the clerk of the Rivers House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi
7. Refusal to implement provisions of the Constitution on financial autonomy of the legislature and the judiciary
8. Withholding of funds meant for the running of the Rivers House of Assembly Service Commission and hindering its activities
Lilian Adebayo, the wife of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, has said that the party will unseat the ruling All Progressive Party at the 2027 election if Nigerians are true to themselves.
Mrs Adebayo made this assertion known on Wednesday during an interview with journalists after an event in Abuja.
According to her, the opposition party has overcome its crisis after the expulsion of its former chairman, Shehu Gabam and others.
She said Nigerians should vote the APC out in the 2027 general election due to the hardship the party has plunged citizens into.
“There is always a crisis in the party; the SPD has been able to handle its own. The problems in the party have been resolved.
“He has a great chance of winning the election if Nigerians are honest with themselves. If Nigerians think that the ones they consistently vote for would move the country forward, they live in denial,” she concerning the husband.
Recall that SDP recently expelled Gabam and other party executives.
The party’s state chairmen on Wednesday urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the police to investigate Gabam over alleged misappropriation.
In a significant political move, Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
Mbah announced his decision during a televised broadcast in Enugu after weeks of speculation.
He said, “Today, after a long reflection, we have made the decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party and join the All Progressives Congress.”
Mbah explained that his decision to join the PDP was informed by the need to reshape Enugu and reorganise the politics of the state.
“Today, I stand before you to announce a break from the past and to share a decision that will shape the road ahead. This concerns our values, how we organize ourselves politically and how we secure the future of our project and our people.
“Leadership sometimes demands painful decisions in the service of higher principles and goals. And there comes a time, when everyone must make a bold choice to determine their destiny.”
Ahead of the governor’s defection, all members of his cabinet had on joined the ruling party.
Governor Mbah’s Senior Media Aide, Dan Nwomeh, confirmed the mass defection in a video posted on his social media handles on Monday. In the video, several government officials were seen openly declaring their allegiance to the APC, chanting praises for President Bola Tinubu and affirming their commitment to the new party.
“Enugu State Cabinet Members join the APC with full chest along with Governor PN Mbah,” Nwomeh stated.
The officials, including commissioners and top aides, could be heard in the video declaring, “We are now in APC; tomorrow is here; it is APC all the way; it is Jagaban all the way; from top to bottom.”
The collective defection marks a significant political shift in Enugu State, which has been a PDP stronghold since 1999.
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