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Ortom, Suswam, Others May Dump PDP For APC

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MAKURDI – There are indications that Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, and Sena­tor Gabriel Suswam (PDP/ Benue North-East), as well as a host of other politicians in the state may soon be de­fecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Con­gress (APC).

TrackNews Online reli­ably gathered that Senator Gabriel Suswam, among other notable persons in the state, may have brokered the meeting that led to the ces­sation of hostilities between Governor Ortom and his es­tranged godfather, the Min­ister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, ahead the defection move.

But both Governor Ortom and Senator Suswam denied they were about to abandon the PDP for the APC.

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It was further learnt that prior to the meeting, and even last weekend, the state government had asked all its supporters on the social me­dia to hold back attacks on any issue that was connect­ed to Senator Akume and the Federal Government.

It would be recalled that long before Governor Or­tom defected from the APC to the PDP, ahead of the 2019 elections, until last Mon­day, there was no love lost between the governor and Akume.

The reunion, TrackNews Online learnt, was made possible by highly placed sons of Benue who met pen­ultimate Sunday for about eight hours to smoothen the rough edges in the relation­ship between Akume, a for­mer governor of the state, with his godson, Ortom.

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The peace meeting dove­tailed into Akume attending the first meeting of stake­holders drawn from Benue North-East and Benue North-West senatorial dis­tricts in the state, after sev­eral years of absence.

However, prior to the meeting, TrackNews Online gathered that, as part of moves to appease Akume, some commissionership positions may be allocated to him in the next cabinet reshuffle that would take place any moment from now in order to show that the rec­onciliation was genuine.

Also, certain agreements may have been reached with Akume, which would be that some local government ar­eas (LGAs) in Benue North- West senatorial district would be left exclusively to the minister to decide those to put in power, beginning with the LG elections slated for this Saturday, May 30, 2020.

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However, Governor Or­tom and Senator Suswam have denied that they were planning to dump the PDP for the APC.

In a text message to TrackNews Online, Suswam sim­ply replied: “It is not true.”

Similarly, Governor Or­tom said, “That allegation is unfounded.”

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In a statement signed by Terver Akase, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Gov­ernor and made available to TrackNews Online in Mak­urdi on Sunday, Akase said: “Governor Samuel Ortom is not leaving PDP.”

The CPS also said: “He (Ortom) did not hold any meeting with anyone to discuss plans to join APC. No such meeting ever took place.

“The rumour is an imagi­nary concoction of mischief makers.

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“Why will the governor leave PDP where he is com­fortably leading the party to achieve greater things and bring development to Benue State?”

Akase, therefore, advised members of the public to ignore the report which he described as a rumour.

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