Governor Ortom Says No Plan To Dump PDP

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has refuted insinuations that he is set to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).

According to Ortom, he is not ready to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for his former party.

He stated this while speaking at the PDP congress where the new state executive committee of the party was elected.

Admitting that he was invited back to the party, he said has no plan to join due to his commitment to the growth of the opposition party.

He however stated that his stay in PDP will be determined by the impressive performance of the newly-elected state executive committee of the party.

Promising to channel all his power to ensure that the PDP comes back to power at the national level in 2023, Ortom has finally put to rest speculations over his planned defection to the APC.

Recall that in the spirit of reconciliation, the APC had appealed to Nigeria’s former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to return to the ruling party.

The party also extended the olive branch to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, former president of the Senate Bukola Saraki, as well as other former members who defected back in 2015 till date.

The ruling party described the return of Senator Barnabas Gemade and the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, as proof that the efforts of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee to reconcile aggrieved members is yielding positive result.

The party’s deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said APC urges all members who left to join efforts to reposition APC and achieve its pro-people plans.