Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, said on Thursday that no power or force should crucify Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, for returning to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress. Soyinka, while clarifying that he was not campaigning for any political party, said that was his position on those who defected from the APC to the PDP. He said, “I am not campaigning for any party. That is my position on those that leave their party to another. They do it for all kind of reasons. And I do not believe that Ortom, the governor of one of the states, should be crucified by any power or force for taking decision.’’ Read more
Don’t crucify Ortom for leaving APC, says Soyinka (Punch)
