He made this statement on Monday, while appearing on Politics Today on Channels Television.
“I did not hide it. I have no regret,” he said.
It was an open affair that Ortom was one of the five then PDP governors, known as the G5, who rejected Atiku as the party’s presidential candidate, and threw their support behind the now President -Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress party.
“Which betrayal? Pursuing my interest and the interest of my people? The interest of my people is that you provide what they want.
“If you ask me, I would describe politics as a game of doing what your people want, not what I want.
“Politics is a game of interest, and if I have somebody working against my interest and the interest of my people, I have to fight back,” he added.
He further argued that it was inconceivable for another northerner, Atiku, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who had served eight years in office.
On the recent coalition formed into the ADC Party, Ortom stated that he has no intention of leaving PDP.
He said he was unsurprised by Atiku’s recent withdrawal from the PDP, and criticized the opposition coalition launched under the platform of the African Democratic Congress, which was unveiled by prominent Benue politicians, including David Mark and Gabriel Suswam, describing it as unsustainable.
“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 B.O.T,” Ortom stated.
“I did not hide it. I have no regret,” he said.
It was an open affair that Ortom was one of the five then PDP governors, known as the G5, who rejected Atiku as the party’s presidential candidate, and threw their support behind the now President -Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress party.
“Which betrayal? Pursuing my interest and the interest of my people? The interest of my people is that you provide what they want.
“If you ask me, I would describe politics as a game of doing what your people want, not what I want.
“Politics is a game of interest, and if I have somebody working against my interest and the interest of my people, I have to fight back,” he added.
He further argued that it was inconceivable for another northerner, Atiku, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari, who had served eight years in office.
On the recent coalition formed into the ADC Party, Ortom stated that he has no intention of leaving PDP.
He said he was unsurprised by Atiku’s recent withdrawal from the PDP, and criticized the opposition coalition launched under the platform of the African Democratic Congress, which was unveiled by prominent Benue politicians, including David Mark and Gabriel Suswam, describing it as unsustainable.
“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 B.O.T,” Ortom stated.
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