FORMER Senate President, Chief Ameh Ebute, led prominent politicians, including two former ministers, Professor Jerry Agada and Chief Samuel Ode; former deputy governor of Benue State, Chief Steven Lawani, among others, to dump Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for All Progressives Congress (APC) in Otukpo area of Benue State at the weekend.
The defection ceremony, held at the Government Day College in Otukpo,
also witnessed the defection of former women leader of PDP, Mrs. A.O.
Mary; former commissioner in the immediate past administration, Mr.
Egbiri
Idah; Secretary to the State Government under
George Akume's administration, Chief
Bathlomeu Oche; former permanent secretary,
Ministry of DefenCe, Chief Mike Onoja, among
others.
Idah; Secretary to the State Government under
George Akume's administration, Chief
Bathlomeu Oche; former permanent secretary,
Ministry of DefenCe, Chief Mike Onoja, among
others.
The occasion, witnessed by state APC chieftains including the governor
and his deputy, Chief Samuel Ortom and Mr. Benson Abounu respectively
and deputy governor of Nasarawa
State, was chaired by the national chairman of
the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyeigun.
State, was chaired by the national chairman of
the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyeigun.
Receiving the defectors, Odigie-Oyegun noted that most of the defectors were his friends and
colleagues in the defunct Social Democratic
Party (SDP) of the aborted third republic.
colleagues in the defunct Social Democratic
Party (SDP) of the aborted third republic.
He assured them that the party at state and national levels would not
discriminate against them and charged them to use their wealth of
experience to ease the victory of the senatorial candidate in the coming
election.
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