Defection: ‘You Did The Right Thing,’ Kwankwaso Tells Ortom

Former governor of Kano State and presidential aspirant, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, has lauded governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom for defecting from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Kwankwaso, who is contesting the presidential election on the platform of PDP told Ortom that he “did the right thing for defecting.”

While speaking on Friday in Makurdi when he led other members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement to pay a congratulatory visit to Ortom, Kwankwaso promised to tackle insecurity in the country if elected the president in 2019.

He said, “My desire is for us to continue to live in peace. It is only when there is peace that development will thrive in any society.

“I will ensure that the security agencies are trained and retrained to be abreast of current security techniques, so as to effectively tackle insecurity.

”We came to congratulate Ortom for defecting from the APC to his former party, the PDP.

”You did the right thing for defecting. Everyday people learn new things as events unfold; today PDP is wiser than it was years past.

“The party is aiming to achieve success. It has learnt its lesson. ”I encourage you my members to give the PDP maximum support in order to clinch all the elective positions in the state and at the federal level.

“Membership of my political movement cut across all the political divide of the country because they believe in my antecedents both at the state and federal level,” he said.

Responding, Ortom said, “I want to assure you that if the PDP will give you nomination, you may not need to come to Benue for campaigns because the state is now PDP.

“Kwankwaso is a tested and trusted politician, who had cut his teeth in the political theatre,’’ he said.