Governor Samuel Ortom. of Benue state. Facebook/@ortomsamuel
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, on Tuesday, failed to attend a meeting called by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconcile him with his erstwhile godfather, Senator George Akume.
Akume, however, was at the meeting presided over by the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Senator Lawal Shuaibu, who expressed hope that a solution would still be found to the crisis in spite of Ortom’s absence.
While Shuaibu met with Akume behind closed doors for two hours, the governor was said to have stayed back in Makurdi because he felt nothing positive would come out of the discussion.
At the end of the meeting, when accosted by journalists, as he was about to enter his car, Akume said he would come back on Wednesday for another round of reconciliatory meeting.
However, Shuaibu who has been drafted to explore means of arresting the situation in the state, told reporters that the meeting went well.
He stated that the party would not sit by and allow such dispute to tear its members in Benue state apart.