Oshiomhole reacts to Gov. Ortom’s exit from APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has reacted to the announcement by
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, that he is no longer with the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ortom made the declaration at the banquet hall of the Government House
in Makurdi, the state capital on Monday.

He spoke while swearing in the newly appointed Special Adviser on
Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Jerome Torshimbe.

Ortom's Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, quoted the governor as
saying that, "As for party, I've been given the red card and I'm now
outside the pitch.

"So, if I have been given the red card and I'm standing outside, that
means I'm a free man."

But in his response, APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole recalled
that the governor had on several occasions promised that he would not
leave the ruling party except he was pushed out.

The former Labour leader spoke on Monday in Abuja shortly after a
meeting of its National Working Committee NWC.

"Governor Ortom had told me severally that he will not leave the APC
unless he was pushed out and I know that we have not pushed him out",
the former Edo State Governor said.