Ortom ‘not planning to dump APC’

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has no plan to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) on which platform he rode to victory in the 2015 gubernatorial election, his media aide has said.

In a statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Terver Akase, Ortom refuted claims that he would be defecting to another political party on account of frosty relationship with the APC leaders at the apex level.

“The report, which was obviously sponsored, is not only false but also misleading. Governor Ortom has no intention to leave APC for another party and has not consulted anyone on the matter,” Akase stated.

Akase who said Ortom enjoyed a cordial working relationship with other leaders of the party at the local, state and national levels, added that the governor was focused on delivering greater benefits of democracy to his people, including tackling the security challenges confronting them.

He added that there was no cause to warrant his defection to another party.

Akase further reiterated the governor’s stand on seeking for justice over the invasion, killing and destruction of property by suspected herdsmen militia as any good leader ought to do, stressing that his principal had already conveyed the appreciation of the state government to President Muhammadu Buhari for deploying more troops and other security operatives to Benue to end the killings.