Barely 24 hours after his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike, made his stance clear, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has also left presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the lurch.
Ortom said yesterday that for Atiku to appoint members of his campaign team in his state without informing him, he is on his own waiting, but when the election comes “we will win according to the election.”
Wike had on Monday declared that he will not campaign for the PDP standard bearer because he did not consult him before picking members of his campaign council from the state.
He explained that Atiku’s photos and those of PDP national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, are missing in the party’s campaign materials in the state because they don’t want him to campaign for the party at the national level.
Toeing Wike’s path, Ortom said he has chosen to stay aloof from Atiku’s presidential bid, even as he demanded an unreserved apology from the…
