2027 election: Nigerian governor mocks PDP as 17 LG chairmen defect to APC

• Edo politician Monday Okpebholo has welcomed 17 acting section authorities chairmen who officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC)
• Okpebholo hailed President Tinubu’s enactment and predicted a landslide triumph for him successful the 2027 statesmanlike election
• The politician criticised the erstwhile medication led by Godwin Obaseki and affirmed his administration’s committedness to transforming Edo state

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

Benin City, Edo state - On Wednesday, March 19, Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo authorities received 17 Acting chairmen retired of the 18 section authorities areas successful the state, who officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okpebholo welcomes 17 acting LG chairmen to APC

Governor Okpebholo reacts arsenic 17 acting chairmen defect to APC successful Edo state. Photo credit: Edo authorities government
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Okpebholo, who consolidated his clasp connected the polity of the state, besides predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would triumph the 2027 statesmanlike predetermination with a landslide.

As reported by Vanguard, helium received the defectors astatine the New Festival Hall of Government House, Benin City, wherever helium praised the enactment benignant of President Tinubu.

Okpebholo added that the steps that the erstwhile medication was acrophobic to instrumentality that would person enactment the federation connected a dependable footing for improvement and maturation is what Tinubu took by removing the contentious substance subsidy.

As reported by The Nation, the politician said his medication is acceptable to enactment to alteration the lives of the radical for the better.

Buttressing his point, helium added that successful conscionable 4 months successful office, helium and his squad person changed the communicative of Edo state.

Okpebholo said:

“I invited you each our Chairmen who person travel to articulation us, and I praise you for the courageousness and bravery to permission your enactment to articulation the APC. It takes a grounded person to instrumentality this measurement you person taken today.”

2027 presidency: Edo politician backs Tinubu

Edo politician declares enactment for Tinubu successful 2027, says nary vacancy successful Abuja. Photo credit: Edo authorities government, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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He besides thanked the councillors who spoke for their assorted communities done the impeachment exercises successful the councils and consequent predetermination of these caller chairmen crossed the 17 section authorities areas of Edo state.

“2027 is simply a world successful Edo authorities arsenic President Bola Ahmed Tinubu volition proceed successful office. I complaint the 17 of you contiguous that the run for the predetermination of President Bola Tinubu has started present today. Go backmost to your assorted section governments and erect his billboards to gully location the connection of re-electing President Tinubu.“There is nary vacancy successful 2027 successful Abuja. Those forming a governmental enactment present can’t regularisation us. They ruled their States and the radical suffered from kidnapping, but since they near offices, their States are present free. Such radical can’t regularisation Nigeria,” helium declared.

APC receives decampees

The enactment caput who received the decampees connected behalf of the APC, Lawrence Okah, thanked the caller members and urged them to unite with different members of the party.

Read much astir defection here:

• PDP Chieftain dumps enactment for APC
• Two Reps subordinate exit PDP for APC

4 lawmakers dump PDP, LP for APC successful Edo

In a akin development, Legit.ng reported that four lawmakers from the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party person defected to the ruling APC successful Edo state.

They announced their defection connected Wednesday, March 12, expanding APC's practice successful the House to 13 members portion PDP present holds 11 seats.

The defecting lawmakers cited interior divisions wrong their erstwhile parties arsenic a cardinal crushed for their move, aligning themselves with the imaginativeness of Governor Monday Okpebholo.

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