{
  "id": 10845740,
  "title": "Ortom Tells PDP to Shun Violence, Ogun Dismisses Eligibility Report on Adebutu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ortom-tells-pdp-to-shun-violence-ogun-dismisses-eligibility-report-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T03:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/09/30/ortom-tells-pdp-to-shun-violence-ogun-dismisses-eligibility-report-on-adebutu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "James Sowole in Abeokuta and George Okoh in Makurdi - Former Benue Governor and PDP leader Samuel Ortom has urged PDP members to avoid violent tactics and concentrate on issues in their campaign for the 2027 general election. During a recent meeting in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, Ortom's wife and PDP candidate for Benue North-West Senatorial District, Dr. Eunice Ortom, received traditional blessings ahead of the elections. Ortom reassured party members that the leadership would protect their votes and emphasized the need for peaceful and united campaigning. He also thanked the people of Tyoshin extraction of Gwer West for their consistent support. Ogun State PDP dismisses Adebutu eligibility report - The Ogun State Chapter of the PDP has rejected allegations questioning the eligibility of its candidate for the 2027 governorship election, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu. The party claims the reports are a fabricated smear campaign by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its allies, aiming to distract from Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola's questionable indigeneship status in Lagos State. The PDP affirmed that Adebutu is a fully registered, financially sound, and undisputed leader of the party in Ogun State, satisfying all legal and statutory requirements for party registration and submission of membership registers to INEC within the required deadlines.",
  "summary": "James Sowole in Abeokuta and George Okoh in Makurdi A former Governor of Benue State and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Samuel Ortom, has",
  "key_points": [],
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}