SEVERAL members of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party
from the Isoko-North and Isoko-South local government areas of Delta State on
Sunday defected to the All Progressives Congress with a vow to deliver the
state to the ruling party in 2019.
The defection of the PDP members came at a time when the party
had been factionalised at the national level.
The defection took place on Sunday during a meeting of the APC
at Ozoro community with prominent politicians in the area, including two former
lawmakers, Mr. Benjamin Efekodo, and Mr. Silas Buowe, leaving for the APC.
Speaking for the PDP defectors, Efekodo, who represented
Isoko-South Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly, hinted that they had
decided to join the APC because they believed it was time for the APC to take
over governance in the state.
Over five thousand
prominent members of the LP, including a former running mate to Chief Great
Ogboru in the last Delta State governorship election, Chief Peter Erebi, also
defected to the APC
