Party chiefs moved yesterday to stem the likely tide of defections from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole met in Abuja with Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom who claimed that the party had issued him a red card. Ortom was, in fact, one of the governors believed to be set for a return to the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP). To Oshiomhole, those who will defect from the APC to the PDP lack honour. On Wednesday, PDP National Chairman Uche Secondus and some of the leaders and governors of the opposition party met with Senate President Bukola Saraki and three APC governors in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to perfect the defection plot. The governors are: Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) and Samuel Ortom (Benue). Ortom told reporters yesterday after meeting Oshiomhole that he had not defected. Read more
Oshiomhole: Only those who lack honour ’ll defect to PDP (Nation)
