WIRE โ€” The immediate past governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has dismissed a report suggesting that the Benue chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) plots to replace its governorship candidate, Michael Aondoakaa (SAN) with the executive secretary of the Nigerian Shippers' Council, Dr Pius Akutah. In a statement issued by the former governor's media aide,

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