Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has eventually opened up on the person that gave him red card from the All Progressives Congress (APC)…

“I was given red card by Senator Akume who is the leader of the party in Benue State and I took it as I was serious enough to make myself available after the hitch.”

“But the leadership of the party told me that the decision of the party leadership at the national level is superior to any individual’s, and I think that is good enough. We have spoken to him, he has spoken to me, stakeholders are going to be spoken to and that is where I belong.”

“We have not concluded the matter, it is an ongoing process because I have always stood for peace and I always want peace to prevail. I appreciate the intervention and I hope that we would be able to resolve the matter of differences and this is the funny thing about politics.”

“I am here in APC, a member of APC, I’m still flying the flag of APC and I only said I was given red card and I’ve been corrected by the national secretariat.”