Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has explained why he, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State met with some Nigeria leaders.
Ortom said he and his team met former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Peoples Democratic Party presidential (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential (LP) candidate in London to discuss Nigeria’s survival ahead of next year’s general election.
The Benue helmsman stated this while speaking to Journalist at the Port Harcourt International Airport on Friday when he returned to Nigeria alongside Wike and Ikpeazu.
According to him:
“We are looking at how we can harness ideas and put ourselves together to ensure that we get out of the present challenge we are in Nigeria today.
“From top to bottom, consider what has happened from 2015 and where we are today. So, what we are doing is a concern that we have for our country, Nigeria.
“This is beyond partisan politics. We are looking at how we can come together and find a way of ensuring that Nigeria survives. Nigeria is on a drip, Nigeria is on oxygen, and it is about how we can get out of this.
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“We have individually also had earlier commitments in Europe even if consultations are still going on because nothing concrete has been decided. The consultation is going on and will continue to go on. We are still going to meet here.”
