Former Benue State Governor,  Samuel Ortom, and three others have been suspended by the Benue Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for alleged anti-party activities.

Ortom’s suspension was announced following a meeting of the State Working Committee, SWC, of the PDP in Makurdi.

Alongside Ortom, the state Deputy Chairman of PDP, Isaac Mffor, and the state Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Iortyom, were also suspended. 

This information was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the PDP’s Media Consultant, Cornelius Hwande.

According to Hwande, Ortom was suspended due to his support for the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 election and his call for the Benue PDP to vote for the APC in the 2027 Presidential election.

Additionally, the party’s Vice Chairman of Zone A, Azua Ashongo, was suspended for gross insubordination and indiscipline.

Hwande explained that Mffor and Iortyom were suspended for their involvement in the snatching of Congress materials intended for the conduct of last Saturday’s ward congresses in Buruku and Ushongo local government areas, respectively.