Governor Samuel Ortom. of Benue state. Facebook/@ortomsamuel
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has restated his resolve to quit the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying there is no going back on his decision.
Speaking to members of OnTiv Professionals Association in Abuja, he said he would not return to the party for any reason.
Ortom spoke a few hours after emerging from a peace meeting with the APC national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole where he said he had not dumped the party and had expressed hope of a peaceful resolution of the crisis in the party.
But receiving his guests at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja, the governor said “I can assure you and the good people of Benue that there is no going back on my decision to exit from the APC.”
He added “at the appropriate time in the next few weeks, I would make my next move public.”
The Chief Press Secretary of the governor, Terver Akase had earlier challenged the APC to “bring out facts to back their claim that they had faulted the performance of the Governor.”
He said: “During the State Congress of the party at Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi, it adopted the Governor as its consensus candidate. Again, the party publicly said its decision was based on the sterling stewardship of Governor Ortom within the last three years.
“But being the true democrat that he is, the Governor decided that other aspirants be also allowed to vie for the governorship seat to deepen internal democracy in the party.”
Ortom had on Monday stated that he was given red card by the state arm of the party.