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The speaker of the Edo State Assembly House, RT. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, four other legislators and 17 presidents of the acting council have downloaded the Democratic Party of the peoples (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The four legislators who deserted together with the speaker included Sunny Ifada, the Hon. Yekini Idiaye, Hon. Roland Asoro, Hon. Nosa nosayaba.
Following the new participants, the APC that started the eighth Edo assembly with eight members, now holds 18 seats out of 24.
The blessing of the speaker Agbebaku said that the move aimed to align himself with the governor on Monday Okpebhale with rapid development throughout the state.
He praised the governor for his focus on development, citing the construction of the secondary school of Uhonmora and three main roads in Is constituent, the area of the local government Owan West.
For its part, the national president APC, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje,
He observed that the wave of defections means a change in political tides and reflects the growing trust in the administration led by the APC.
Ganduje, who was represented at the event by the national secretary of the party, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, assured the deserters of Equal Opportunities.
Have their defection as a milestone for the consolidation of the party in the state.
In addition, the Okpebholo governor said that the state was on the road to an accelerated growth with the full support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He declared that Edo would play a leading role in guaranteeing the re -election of President Tinubu in 2027, adding: “We have the structure and the momentum”.
The senator who represents Edo North and the former governor of the Edo state, his partner Adams Oshiomhole, greeted the return of the speaker at the APC as a return home.
