Benue state Governor denies claims by PDP chieftains that he deny them access over public facility for congress

A PDP chieftain, Mr. K. Gbev had earlier claimed the Benue state Governor Dr. Samuel Ortom had order that all public facilities not be given to them(PDP) to carry out their congress as scheduled. 

He accused the APC led government of influencing the act in a plight to suppress the opposition from operating smoothly.

But reacting to the allegation on behalf of the state governor, the

state commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development,

Mrs Mwuese Mnyim, said the IBB Square was not allocated to

the PDP to use for its tomorrow’s congress because the party

didn’t follow the normal procedure.

Her words: “For anyone to use the IBB Square which operates

directly under the state ministry of Women Affairs and Social

Development, he/she must go to the place, meet with the

officials who will give him an application form to fill.

“After filling the application form, the Management of the facility

will bring it to my table and when it is approved, the person or

group will be asked to pay into a government’s bank account.

But as I speak now, the PDP has not gone to fill the application

form which I have to approve before the facility will be allocated

to them for their congress”.

The PDP has henceforth been moved to hold in Otukpo.