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Breaking: Police reportedly raid Edwin Clark’s residence in Abuja More than 100 APC members defect to PDP in Edo state Author: Oluwatobi Bolashodun UPDATED: AN HOUR AGO VIEWS: 44784 Category: Politics, Local news - About 200 members of the APC recently defected to the PDP in Edo state - The defectors were led by a former APC chairman in the locality, Peter Itabor Amarekhamhe - The former APC chairman said they left the ruling party because several promises were not fulfilled No fewer than 200 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ogbonna in Estako Central local government area of Edo state, The Nation reports. 9ja.com gathered that the defectors were led by a former APC chairman in the locality, Peter Itabor Amarekhamhe. According to him, they left the APC because several promises of the party were not fulfilled. READ ALSO: Former Kano state governor Shekarau set to return to APC ahead of 2019 The former APC chairman stated that youths and women in the area have not benefitted from any of the empowerment packages of the federal government and promised to work for the victory of the PDP in the locality. Chief Dan Orbih, the state chairman of the PDP, who received the defectors said the party would defeat Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in Edo north in 2019 general election. Orbih said the defectors were disappointed with the harsh economic conditions and insecurity in the country and promised to provide a level playing field for the defectors. PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new app NAIJ.com previously reported that the deputy-director of the Buhari Support Organizations(BSO), Chief Blessing Agbomhere and 26,318 members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Etsako central local government area of Edo state have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Agbomhere who worked for the election of Buhari said the poverty inflicted by the current administration had forced thousands of illegal migrants from Nigeria to cross the desert by trekking and sailing the Mediterranean Sea in inflated balloons to Europe. 

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