Sporadically chanting “go back”, “go back”, the youth refused to leave the entrance of the Benue State House until the Governor’s convoy had no choice but to turn back.
Youth in Benue State have prevented Samuel Ortom, Governor of the state, from attending a reconciliation meeting called by leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Wednesday.
Sporadically chanting “go back”, “go back”, the youth refused to leave the entrance of the Benue State House until the Governor’s convoy had no choice but to turn back.
Ortom was scheduled to meet with Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the APC, in continuation of the ruling party’s efforts to convince him to stay in the party, unlike the 15 senators and 37 legislators who left the party on Tuesday.
In mid-July, Ortom announced that he had been red-carded by the party and had become free to join another party of his choice. Days later, after meeting with Oshiomhole, he made a U-turn, saying he was still “flying the APC flag”.
A second about-face was to come few days later, when he said his decision to leave the APC was final.