Ortom: I Will Remain In PDP, Going Nowhere

Former Governor of Benue state has urged his supporters to discountenance his rumoured plan to dump his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He’s not leaving the party, Ortom assured some party members from the state on Saturday.

The members, under the aegis of PDP G-14 from across the 14 local government in the Benue North East and Benue North West senatorial districts, had paid a solidarity visit to the former governor, amid the leadership crisis rocking the party, and rumours that some key leaders in the party were bound to defect soon.

Ortom and other close allies of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike who has been fingered in the crisis, sources say, have already numbered their days in the embattled PDP, following accusations that they are working for the ruling All Progressive’s Congress, APC. .

Close sources in the party also confided that Wike and cohorts may be expelled from the party after the party’s National Delegate Convention next month, if they failed to leave the party voluntarily.

The Convention, where new National Executives of the party will be elected is slated for Ibadan, the Oyo state capital on November 15 and 16.

But, Ortom insists he’s going nowhere, promising to join other stakeholders in the party in the ongoing reconciliatory efforts to rebuild the party ahead the 2027 election, stressing that his rumoured plan to defect from the party is from some mischief makers.

“All the insinuations about me defecting are nothing but the work of mischief makers, let me assure you that there is nothing like that, rather we are going to work together and reclaim power in this state comes 2027,” he said.

The magazine reports that a court case instituted by some aggrieved members, is currently before a federal high court in Abuja, which analysts insist threatens the future of the embattled PDP.

The judge presiding over the case has slated October 31 as judgement day.