Among the party stalwarts that dumped the APC for the PDP include John Tor Akume, a former Acting Chairman, Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) in the administration of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Gabriel Suswam and former APC chairman, Logo LGA, Shaapera Ushageri.
The decamping was brokered by a youth group for the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Titus Uba; the PDP Grassroots Mobilizer and Coordinator, Gaambe Tiev Youths, UBA 2023, James Ajon.
The decampees were received by a PDP stalwart in the LGA, Galim Terhile on behalf of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state.