Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has revealed that the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, failed tomaintain neutrality in handling the party’s post-convention affairs.
Ortom also accused Ayu of resorting to blackmailing him.
The governor however, said he would not succumb to intimidation or cheap blackmail because of his senatorial ambition.
In a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Nathaniel Ikyur, Ortom vowed never to trade the interest of the state to gain political power.
He said;
“The national chairman did not maintain neutrality in handling the affairs leading to the PDP national convention which produced Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate of the party.
“Ayu himself committed to resigning should a northern presidential candidate emerge at the northern caucus at the Bauchi State lodge.”
