Samuel Ortom, governor of of
Benue state, says there is no going back on his decision to leave the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking when he received members
of OnTiv Professionals Association in Abuja on Friday, the governor said he
would take the next step in his political career in the next few weeks.
This comes a day after the
governor denied saying he is leaving the APC.
“I can assure you and the good
people of Benue that there is no going back on my decision to exit from the
APC,” the governor told his visitors.
“At the appropriate time in the
next few weeks, I would make my next move public.”
ORTOM: I HAVE BEEN GIVEN RED CARD
IN APC … (NO) I’M STILL IN APC
The governor first hinted he
would leave the party on Wednesday after swearing in one of his appointees.
He had declared himself a “free
man”.
The governor had said: “As for
party, I have been given red card and I’m outside the pitch. So, if I have been
given red card and I’m standing outside, I’m a free man.
“So I don’t know what will happen
next but I’m waiting. If others approach me, then I will tell the Benue people
that I’m joining another football club. I’m a child of destiny and it’s only
God that will decide what I will be.”
OSHIOMHOLE THEN STEPPED IN
A day after he made the comment,
he met with Adams Oshiomhole, national chairman of the party, after which he
said he appreciates the chairman’s intervention and hoped “we would be able to
resolve the matter of differences and this is the funny thing about politics.”
He had said: “I am here in APC, a
member of APC, I am still flying the flag of APC. I only said I was given a red
card but the leadership of the party told me that the decision of the party
leadership at the national level is superior to any individual and I think that
is good enough.”
It is not clear the party he
would join but on Wednesday, the governor alongside Abdulfatah Ahmed and Aminu
Tambuwal, his Kwara and Sokoto counterparts, met with leaders of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in Ilorin, Kwara state.
Muideen Akorede, spokesman of
Ahmed, later said the APC governors met PDP leaders at the burial of the mother
of Kawu Baraje, leader of the nPDP.
nPDP pulled out of the PDP in the
buildup of the 2015 election. The bloc teamed up with APC to dislodge the
former ruling party in 2015.
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