The Benue State Governor has
reacted to reports suggesting that he was planning to dump the ruling All
Progressives Congress, APC.
Following the incessant killings
in Benue State by Fulani herdsmen, there were reports that the governor could
move to the opposition party because of the response he got from the Presidency
on the matter.
Governor Ortom had last week,
declared that he has suspended all forms of political campaigns ahead of 2019
as a result of the bloody clashe between herdsmen and armless farmers in the
state.
It has been interpreted in some
quarters that calls put across to the opposition by the governor could mean his
readiness to dump the ruling party.
But reacting to this in an
interview, the governor who spoke through his Chief Press
Secretary, Terve Akase, said that there is no way he could contemplate
decamping to a dead political party.
According to him, “How can
someone even think of that? There’s no plan whatsoever for the governor to join
a dead party. PDP is a dead party.
“The APC portrays the standard of
leadership of the governor who works tirelessly to make sure his people are
secured in their communities.
“No one is talking about party
now. What everyone is concerned about is the welfare and security of the
people.
“Everyone is working to see how
to bring the current crisis and killing of innocent citizens to an end and the
governor has the massive support of Benue people.
“So tell me, why will the
governor decamp to PDP? Benue people are well behind their governor and what is
important to everyone now is the restoration of peace in communities in the
state.”
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