Adams Oshiomhole, national
chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Samuel Ortom, governor of
Benue state, is not leaving the ruling party.
Describing Ortom as a man of
honour, Oshiomhole said the Benue governor who left the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) over three years ago cannot return there now.
On Monday, Ortom had said he was
considering joining a new party since he had been given a “red card” in the
APC.
But Oshiomole said the APC does
not have a red card, therefore it cannot give what it does not have.
Oshiomhole spoke after meeting
with Ortom at the APC secretariat on Thursday.
“For PDP hovering round they must
know that only people without honour will vomit in the morning and in the
afternoon, they convert it to lunch. People like Ortom who have honour cannot
leave PDP three and half years ago, with his eyes open, and then there is some
tension in his master bedroom, he is thinking of returning to People Deceiving
People? I mean that cannot be an option,” he said.
“He is a man of honour. He knows
that once you make one step forward, you take the second step to consolidate
the first step and that is the way to go.”
He said the issue between Ortom
and George Akume, a former governor, would be resolved and there would be peace
in the Benue chapter of the party.
“Senator Akume is a respected
leader of the party. He is former governor and a current senator. He will
recognise the need for peace and we have what it takes to make peace,” he said.
“In Benue, we are going for
win-win solution. Governor Ortom is not going anywhere. He is a very prominent
member of our party and we appreciate his leadership in Benue. We will do
everything possible to help those who have issues to resolve the issues. The
only thing will we not accept is anybody leaving the house we have toiled to
build together.
“APC does not even have red card,
so we can’t give what we don’t have. We recognise that there could be a
legitimate legal issue like agreement, disagreement and contest. All these we
are familiar with, they are evidence that we are a democratic party. When
leaders have disagreement, it is to help them and find a common ground and
issues in Benue are not so fundamental that cannot be resolved. We are very confident that we will resolve
them.”
Ortom was among the three APC
governors who met with PDP leaders in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, on
Wednesday.
Also in attendance was Senate
President Bukola Saraki. The politicians met during the burial of the mother of
Kawu Baraje, leader of the nPDP, a faction of the APC.
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