27th June, 2015
Chief Emmanuel Agbo, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has declared that the governor of the state, Samuel Ortom of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is still a PDP member.
Agbo noted that Ortom along with Benue State Assembly member, Nick Eworo, who were at the centre of a recent brawl at the Benue State House of Assembly are still PDP members.
Agbo who made this known on at a press conference on Friday in Makurdi, the state capital noted that both of them have not satisfied all conditions necessary for a member of their calibre to leave the party.
VIDEO: Benue APC, PDP lawmakers exchange blows
It would be recalled that lawmakers belonging to the APC and PDP were locked in a brawl at the Benue State House of Assembly, north-central Nigeria, on Tuesday, 24 June, following a letter addressed to the Speaker by members of APC to appoint majority leader for the Assembly.
In response to the brawl, the state party chairman declared that the PDP remains the majority party in the house as according to him, Nick Eworo was not expelled from the party as he claims. He said the ward executive which were claimed to have expelled Nick lacks the the powers to expell a members of Nick’s standing.
He stated that if Eworo wants to leave PDP he will be required to follow laid down guidelines which involve relinquishing the party’s mandate to face a fresh election.