Prince Samuel Onuh, National Coordinator, Project Ortomise Nigeria Ortomatically 2023 has said that his group will mobilize 10 million men, 10 million women and 10 million youths for a solidarity march in Abuja to pressurize Gov. Samuel Ortom to contest for 2023 presidency.
Governor Samuel Ortom, a second term governor from Benue state is a member of opposition People’s Democratic Party(PDP).
He worked for different political parties in Benue State including the National Centre Party of Nigeria as State Publicity Secretary; State Treasurer of the All People’s Party (APP); and State Secretary as well as State Deputy Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was also Director of Operations of the PDP gubernatorial campaign in Benue State in 2007 and Director of Administration and Logistics of the Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organization in 2011. He was PDP National Auditor before his appointment as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in July 2011.
In April 2015, he contested for Governor of Benue State and won under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In July 2018, Ortom announced his departure from All Progressives Congress as a result of an internal party crisis.
In the 9 March 2019 Benue State Governorship election and 23 March 2019 Benue State supplementary governorship election, Ortom was reelected as Governor having polled 434,473 votes while the runner up Emmanuel Jime of the All Progressive Congress polled 345,155 votes. Following the election, Jime challenged Ortom’s victory and filed a petition on the grounds of substantial noncompliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2010 as amended. On 21 January, 2020 the Supreme Court affirmed the election of Samuel Ortom as the governor of Benue State.
