Many Opposition Party Members Defect To APC In Edo

Many members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) on Saturday defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Iguobazuwa, Ovia South West local government area of Edo State.

Addressing the large crowd, Edo State deputy governor, Rt Hon Dennis Idahosa, attributed the defection to the entrenchment of good governance by the Okpebholo-led administration of less than two years.

Idahosa, in a statement by his chief press secretary, Friday Aghedo, urged all members of the party, both new and old, to capitalise on the gains of the “Renewed Hope Agenda,” of President Bola Tinubu by logging into the APC e-registration portal to authenticate their party membership.

He reminded them that their coming would lead to the fulfillment of the promised 2.5 votes to the president in 2027.

“We should go back to our various units and start to preach the renewed hope agenda message to our people.

“Again, we have about seven days to go before the portal for registration closes on January 30. As a bonafide member of the APC, you have the constitutional right of a card-carrying member of the APC that allows you to elect executives right from your unit to the nation level.

“It is important to have the registration slip which confers us with the authority of being APC members,” he stated.

Idahosa commended Ovia South West council chairman, Hon Nosakhare Edobor, for opening up the hinterlands and bringing visible development to the doorstep of the people, which has helped convince them to voluntarily align with the vision of the APC to help drive in more development.

Similarly, the party chairman in the local government, Mr Emmanuel Ogbomo, urged the new members not to miss out in the continuous voters’ registration (CVR).

One of the decampees, Lorrietta Obayagbona, said she joined the APC to support the deputy governor and Governor Monday Okpebholo in the SHINE agenda.

Other APC leaders at the event were the chairman  of the Sports Commission, Hon Amadin Desmond Enabulele, Edo State House of Assembly Member, Hon Sunny Aghedo and a host of other leaders.