Over 2000 members of the People Democratic Party (PDP), in Okada Ward, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo, have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Okada Ward is the hometown of the lawmaker representing Ovia Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Omosede Igbinedion.

She got the nomination ticket of the PDP to return to the National Assembly.

The defectors, led by one Jamiu Deinde, said they were leaving the PDP because of the inability to access their incumbent lawmaker.

Jamiu said Omosede who hail from the ward, and a daughter of the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, neglected the people that worked

“We have suffered untold neglect, even as the promises to attract federal presence to the area, have not be met.

“Biggest of our pain lies in our inability to reach our lawmaker every time we try to, especially against the backdrop of her unfulfilled campaign promises.

“With all these and many others, we took the decision to align with the APC and support its candidate for the Ovia Federal Constituency, Dennis Idahosa, whom we have always known for his philanthropic work in the area as well as the state in general,” he stated.

Receiving the defectors, leader of the APC in Ovia and APC’s candidate for Ovia, Mr. Dennis Idahosa. commended the defectors for having the courage to move from the opposition party.

Idahosa urged the former PDP members not to see themselves as new comers, as they would be accorded same rights as the members of the party they met on ground.

He further urged them demonstrate their commitment to the party by being fully involved in the campaign activities for the 2019 general elections.

•Excerpted from The Nation report