{"id":360890,"date":"2025-07-17T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=360890"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:08:48","slug":"i-risked-my-senatorial-ambition-to-oppose-atiku-gov-ortom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/17\/i-risked-my-senatorial-ambition-to-oppose-atiku-gov-ortom\/","title":{"rendered":"I risked my senatorial ambition to oppose Atiku \u2014 Ex-gov Ortom"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ortom said the PDP&#8217;s decision to zone presidency to the North in 2023 violated equity and fairness principles.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>He insisted the presidency should have gone to the South after Buhari&#8217;s eight years in office.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has explained why he worked against the presidential ambition of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, during the 2023 general election.<\/p>\n<p>Ortom said he took the decision even though it put his senatorial ambition at risk.<\/p>\n<p>He made the disclosure on Thursday while speaking on Arise Television\u2019s Morning Show programme.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor said he believed that for the sake of equity, fairness and justice, power ought to have rotated to the South.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cAnd when members of the PDP overwhelmingly accepted that the presidency should be in the North, we say no, it was wrong, because everyone knows here for equity, fairness and justice, we should allow presidency in the North for eight years, and the South should go for eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortom said his decision to oppose Atiku was not hidden, stressing that he stood by his convictions regardless of the political cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve already made my position known. 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