Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has provided an explanation for why he, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State met in London with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), and former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo.
In advance of the general election next year, Ortom said he and his staff met with the Nigerian leaders in London on Thursday to discuss Nigeria’s survival.
When Ortom, Wike, and Ikpeazu arrived back in Nigeria on Friday, he spoke with reporters at the Port Harcourt International Airport. Ortom insisted that the nation is running on drip and oxygen.
“We are looking at how we can pool our resources and work together to guarantee that we overcome the current difficulty we are facing in Nigeria today,” he added.
“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.
“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.”
