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Benue 2023: Chants of ‘Akase our next governor’ take over venue of PDP defection rally

The governorship ambition of ace journalist, Terver Akase, received a boost on Monday in Benue State as his name became at anthem at Tse-Agberagba in Konshisha Local Government Area.

IDOMA VOICE reports that Akase, a former Chief Press Secretary to Governor Samuel Ortom, was in Konshisha, alongside other Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwarts, to receive some defectors from the All Progressives Congress, APC, into the PDP.

Dressed in a native attire, Akase was welcomed to the venue with thousands of excited youths, who were seen brandishing campaign posters of the youthful governorship aspirant.

The excited youths chanted ‘Akase our next governor’ while the event lasted.

Speaking with newsmen during the rally, Akase urged Benue youths to sustain the tempo, assuring that if elected, the youths will surely be carried along in his government.

 

 

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