Some governors elected under the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are currently on their way to
Benue state to solidarise with Samuel Ortom, their Benue counterpart, whose
position is being threatened.
A top member of the party, who
disclosed this to TheCable, said the PDP governors would reassure Ortom of the
support of the party.
Ortom defected from the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP last week, and on Monday, eight
lawmakers of the APC served a notice of impeachment on him.
The next day, the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it had traced a fraud of N22 billion to
him.
The governor has described the
allegation as a witch-hunt, saying he was being targetted for leaving the ruling
party.
The politician who spoke with
TheCable said while in Makurdi, capital of Benue, the PDP governors would
“issue a strong condemnation of the illegal attempt to impeach and remove Ortom
from office”.
He added that the PDP had put in
place a reception for all the politicians who defected from the APC.
He said the meeting will hold in
Abuja on Wednesday evening.
“We are hosting all the APC
decampees this evening at Hilton Hotel, Abuja. We need to welcome them home and
assure them that the party will stand by them and support them against the
attacks of the APC,” the source said.
The ruling party has lost some of
its key members in the buildup to the 2019 general election.
Last week, 46 federal legislators
dumped APC for PDP. On Tuesday, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Abdulfatah
Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, joined the PDP.
A legislative source had told
TheCable that Saraki took the action just as the leadership of the APC was
finalising plans to expel him.
The national working committee of
the APC under Adams Oshiomhole had dissolved the Kwara faction loyal to Saraki
and issued a query to the senate president on Tuesday.
He was given 24 hours to respond
to the allegations bordering on anti-party activities and frustrating Buhari’s
government.
Ahmed Ibeto, Nigerian high
commissioner to South Africa, Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesman of the APC, and Aminu
Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, are the latest APC influential members to
join the PDP.
On Monday, president Muhammadu
Buhari said he was not worried by the exodus that has hit his party.
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