Governor Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State, has finally ended
speculations about his party leaning by formally defecting from the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ortom made the announcement at the Benue State Government House on
Wednesday afternoon during a meeting with local government councilors.
He was originally scheduled to attend a reconciliatory meeting with Adams
Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the APC, and other leaders of the party
in Abuja in continuation of the party’s efforts to convince him to stay.
However, this could not happen, as youth besieged the Government House and
blocked its entrance consequently preventing him from attending a
re-conciliatory meeting called by APC leaders in Abuja.
In mid-July, Ortom announced that he had been red-carded by the party and
had become free to join another party of his choice. Days later, after
meeting with Oshiomhole, he made a U-turn, saying he was still “flying the
APC flag”.
A second about-face was to come few days later, when he said his decision
to leave the APC was final