Tobi Adebayo
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) mistreated his Rivers counterpart, Nyesom Wike by denying him the Vice Presidential candidacy.
Ortom made his stance known during an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday.
The Governor confirmed ThisNigeria’s report which stated that Wike won the majority of votes cast by the Screening Committee of the party to pick a running mate for their flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar.
However, Atiku jetissoned the party’s preferred candidate and picked Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate.
Speaking on Atiku’s choice, Ortom stated that the presidential candidate should have reached out to Wike before making his decision.
“I was among the 19 member committee set up by Atiku and majority of us in the committee said the person should be Wike. Unfortunately, Atiku picked Okowa; that is his wisdom. For now, I have gone into hibernation
“If Atiku was not going to honour the decision of the committee, he should have called Wike earlier and informed him. He didn’t do that .
You can’t do things anyhow and expect us to be happy
“Nyesom Wike is a pillar in the party. Nobody in the party has contributed more for the party to move forward than Wike,” he said.
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