Former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said that the coalition movement under the African Democratic Congress (ADC) will not survive.
Ortom stated that he has no plans to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a party he claims to lead in Benue State, to join any coalition.
In an interview on Channels Television, Ortom also said he does not regret working against Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition in 2023.
“I did not hide it. I have no regret,” the former governor said.
Ortom was a member of the so-called G5 governors within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who openly rejected Atiku as the PDP flag bearer and worked for Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2023.
He said their action was not a betrayal but a pursuit of political interest. The former governor said that politics cannot be separated from interest, adding that, “If I have somebody working against my interest and the interest of my people, I have to fight back.”
Speaking further, Ortom said the coalition under the ADC will fade away like the morning sun.
He said he was not surprised by Atiku’s recent exit from the PDP.
Ortom said, “People are free to join any coalition that they so wish, but for me, and the people that I lead, we remain in PDP. I’m the leader of PDP in Benue State and a member of the BoT.
“I am not joining any coalition. We have no business with that.
“I don’t see it surviving.
“In any case, even if they survive, if they are through with the litigation that is going on, they will be defeated hands down.”
