Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has claimed that the state opposition political, the All Progressive Congress, reached out to him to return to the party ahead of the 2023 elections.
The Benue state governor stated that he rejected the invitation extended to him by the All Progressive Congress to return to the party, noting that he is fully committed to the ideals of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Governor made this known during the state congress of the Peoples Democratic Party held at Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi. The Governor said that after duly conferring with some of his close allies and the PDP state congress, he has turned down the offer.
“It is true that the APC has invited me to come back to APC and they are propagating that (he is leaving the PDP) and this is far from the truth. I told them I’ll come and ask you (the state congress); Do you want me to decamp to APC?”
In a direct response to the question as to whether he would accept the invite, the Governor said
“No, no, no”, and it prompted the governor to say, “So, I am comfortable with my people (PDP) and I’ll remain in the PDP and I will communicate this to my friends in the APC. I will tell them that I consulted with you and you asked me not to leave.”
Ortom also assured the party that by the grace of God, the party would sustain the gains of 2019 through to 2023, adding that the successes recorded were made possible by the support of party members.
The Benue State Governor is one of the high profile politicians who joined the mass defection wave in 2018, a move which saw him dump the All Progressives Congress for the People’s Democratic Party.
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