The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, says the party is relieved with the exit of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.

Oshiomole in Abuja yesterday, at the party’s national secretariat, said Ortom tactically ignored Wednesday’s meeting where he ought to have responded to the allegations from party leaders and members in Benue State who had resolved not to give him party ticket in 2019 because he had not commissioned any projects since assuming the mantle of leadership.

The APC National Chairman, who said that the governor had been presented with the allegations during his meeting with him last week, stated that he staged a drama to avoid a face-to-face with party leaders and members who also accused him of complicating security situations due to accumulated salaries’ for up 12 months, despite receiving bail-out funds and monthly allocations.

Oshiomhole said the stakeholders believed that fielding Ortom that had been alleged to have deepened poverty in a state that survived on salaries would lead to electoral defeat, adding that the APC would get a credible Benue citizen to fly its flag in 2019.

“For us, we are relieved that Ortom has returned to his former party. He became a candidate by accident and a lesson to learn by our party is that never again should people become a candidate by accident,” he also said.