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BREAKING | PDP Lawmaker Defects to APC in Edo

Isioma Ogochukwu by Isioma Ogochukwu
December 23, 2024
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BREAKING | PDP Lawmaker Defects to APC in Edo

*Ojezele Osezua Sunday

The member representing Esan South-East Constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Ojezele Osezua Sunday, on Monday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) saying his return to the party is homecoming.

Sunday, who is a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), officially joined the APC at the party’s State Secretariat in Benin City, Edo State.

Sunday said he was a one-time member of the APC who defected to the PDP in 2019 alongside the former governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

He cited irreconcilable differences in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a major reason he defected to the ruling party.

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“I am indebted to the APC, and that is what I am here today to pay my debt by returning to the APC.

“In the year 2019, I was in the APC, but joined the PDP when I had to due to irreconcilable differences.

“But today, with the issues rocking the PDP, I am back to the APC to pay my debt I owe the party since it was the APC’s platform that I got my mandate as a lawmaker in the House of Assembly,” Sunday said.

Receiving the defector, acting chairman of the APC in Edo State, Emperor Jarrett Tenebe, welcomed the lawmaker to the APC, describing himself as an asset to the party.

Tenebe said the lawmaker’s defection to the APC was long overdue following the defeat the PDP suffered in the September 21st Edo Governorship election.

With this development, the 24-member Edo Assembly now has 13 PDP lawmakers, 10 APC lawmakers and 1 Labour Party lawmaker. With the return of the state to APC, more PDP legislators are expected to decamp to the APC in the coming days.

Tags: APCDefectionEdo State House of AssemblyOjezele Osezua Sunday
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Isioma Ogochukwu

Isioma Ogochukwu

Ogochukwu Isioma is a Bachelor of Arts degree holder in Linguistics Studies from the University of Benin, and a Master's student in International Affairs and Diplomacy at the Amadu Bello University, Zaria. With over half a decade-long active journalism practice, Ogochukwu is the Founder and Publisher of popular education-focused online medium, CAMPUS GIST, and currently writes for METROWATCH. He can be reached via ogochukwuisioma@gmail.com.

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