Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has denied dumping All Progressives Congress (APC) as reported by media on moday
Ortom while speaking with newsmen in Abuja after a closed door meeting with Adams Oshiomhole, the APC National Chairman likened himself to a footballer who was out of the football pitch waiting to be picked by another club.
“It was the Benue APC that gave me a red card not the national APC and that was enough to make myself available out of the pitch.
“But the leadership of the party told me that its decision is superior to that of any individual or group of people and I think that is good enough.
“They have spoken to him, and have spoken to me and the state stakeholders are going to be spoken to and that’s where I belong.
“We have not concluded the matter, it’s an ongoing process, I have always stood for peace, and I always want peace to prevail, that’s what I call for.
“I am here in APC, I am a member of APC, I am still flying the flag of APC, I only said I was given red card but I have been corrected by the national secretariat,” he said.
The Benue Governor appreciated the party’s leadership for intervening in the matter and expressed hope that it would be able to resolve the differences.
Oshiomhole, while reacting to the development, said the APC does not have red cards in its cupboard and could not give what it doesn’t have.
He noted that there could however, be legitimate legal issues and disagreements in some of the party’s state’s chapters.
This, he said, was evidence of the fact that the APC was a free democratic party, adding that it was the responsibility of the its leadership to help aggrieved members to find a common ground.
