Governor Samuel Ortom has picked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the 2019 Benue State governorship election.

The Governor, after picking the forms, thanked the leadership and members of PDP for the opportunity given him to seek the party’s ticket for the coming election.

Tever Akase, his Chief Press Secretary, in a statement quoted the governor as also thanking his teeming supporters across the state, urging them to “remain peaceful and sustain the spirit of politics without bitterness as they have been doing.”

“Governor Ortom also thanked Benue people for their prayers and goodwill, promising not to disappoint them,” Akase added.

Meanwhile, Ortom has denied blocking the sale of forms to governorship aspirants on the platform of the Social Democratic Party, SDP in the state.