- A former aide to the national chairman of the APC has defected to PDP.
- The aide, Kassim Afegbua, said he was dissatisfied after serving under the APC administration for eight years

- According to him, PDP is more sympathetic to the plight of Nigerians than the ruling party

Kassim Afegbua, former special adviser on media to the immediate past governor of Edo and APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has defected with thousands of his supporters to the PDP.

Afegbua, who was also commissioner for information in Edo, was received by the party’s chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, at Okpella, Etsako East local government area of the state on Sunday, September 23.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former aide to Oshiomhole said he took the “bold step” in rejoining his former party, because of infrastructural deficit in his community.

He said that though he served under the APC- led administration in the state for 8 years, he felt dissatisfied, because of the state of roads and lack of development in Okpella community..

Afegbua also lamented the absence of electricity in the community and complained of high inflation and rising costs of commodities across the local markets.

He said the APC members were defecting to the PDP on account of poor roads and neglect of the community by the state government. He said that the PDP was sympathetic with flood victims in the locality and blamed the state government for what he termed “slow response” to the problem.

Afebgua said the PDP was aware of donation of relief materials by some federal government agencies and appealed against diversion of the items.

The spokesman of other defectors, Chief Ekpen Abu, pledged their readiness to work with the party to win the next election in the area and the state in general.

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that no fewer than 2,000 people defectedfrom the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kano state. The APC members defection to PDP took place in Sumaila local government area of Kano state.

It was gathered that the former members of the APC were all received by an ex-governor of Kano state Ibrahim Shekarau, Aminu Wali and Gambo Salau.


https://www.naija.ng/1193751-breaking-oshiomholes-aide-defects-pdp-thousands-supporters.html

Afegbua paperweight politician in Edo. Who dash him thousands of supporters? Rubbish