I can stop Ortom, others from contesting – Ayu

Reconciliation seems not to be in sight between the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu and Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom as the former said he has the power to stop Ortom from realising his senatorial ambition on the platform of the party.

The duo who hail from Benue North West senatorial district have had a disagreement shortly after the party presidential primary election that produced Abubakar Atiku as the party’s standard bearer against Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who was the choice of some governors, including Ortom.

Since then, Wike alongside his counterparts in Benue, Oyo, Abia and Enugu, has repeatedly called for the resignation of Senator Iyorchia Ayu as the party chairman as the only panacea to restore peace to the main opposition party.