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Edo guber: APC inaugurates campaign council
The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, inaugurated its campaign council for the September 21, 2024, governorship election on Friday.
DAILY POST reports that the campaign council is made up of 36 directorates, with a chairman and director general, among others.
The council also has a Deputy Director General of Operations and Administration, a secretary, and coordinators in the three senatorial districts.
The campaign council was inaugurated by Adams Oshiomhole, the former governor of the state and a serving senator representing Edo North senatorial district in the National Assembly.
In his speech, Oshiomhole, who is the chairman of the campaign council, said members of the party across over 4, 000 units, 192 wards and 18 local government areas are all members of the campaign council.
Oshiomhole, who said the party would win the forthcoming September 21 governorship democratically in a free and fair contest, urged members to work hard to win their various units, awards and local government, respectively.
He said that with Senator Monday Okpebholo and Dennis Idahosa as the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the party, the party is sure of victory at the election.
According to him, every member and supporter of the APC is a member of the campaign for genuine change under the leadership of Senator Monday Okpebholo.
“Titles do not matter. I urged every member of the party in the state to work hard to win their units and wards. Every member is a canvasser,” he said.
He said he was ready to take on the role of sweeper and sweep Senator Monday Okpebholo into office as governor.
On his part, the Director General of the Campaign Council, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, who expressed joy at the inauguration, urged members to work hard, as the task of defeating the incumbent government was huge.
Urhoghide also urged party members to resolve their differences, work hard for the victory of the party and de-emphasise the role of money.
Earlier, the state chairman of the party, Jarrett Tenebe, who said Governor Godwin Obaseki was supposed to continue from where Oshiomhole stopped, noted that he failed as bad governance, perennial flooding and a lack of red-roof schools across the state were the hallmarks of the government.
He, however, acknowledged the late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, Prof. Ambrose Alli and Comrade Governor Adams Oshiomhole as three governors who provided good governance for the state.
He promised that by the time Okpebholo and Dennis Idahosa come on board, those things would come back, expressing hope that the campaign council led by Senator Urhoghide would work hard to deliver victory to the APC.
In his remarks, the APC governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, promised not to disappoint the party and the people of the state if given the mandate to govern the state.
He promised to restore the lost glory of the state in infrastructural, human capital and socioeconomic developments.
In his vote of thanks, the deputy governorship candidate of the party, Dennis Idahosa, said the incumbent government had not attracted foreign direct investment in the past seven years in office.
He assured that the Monday Okpebholo-led government would not only attract foreign direct investment but would also attract investors to the state economy.
Members of the Enugu State Caucus of Peoples Democratic Party, ( PDP) in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Nnolim Nnaji , Rt. Hon. Martins Oke and Hon Anayo Onwuegbu have welcomed Rt. Hon. Dennis Agbo and Hon. Chidi Mark Obeta of Labour Party, (LP) to the PDP fold.
They observed that the visionary leadership of Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mba in Enugu State has ignited massive decamps and unprecedented upsurge of membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the state.
The caucus in a statement issued after the two members of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Dennis Agbo of Igboeze North/ Udenu and Chidi Mark Obeta who represents Nsukka/Igboeze South formally announced their transfer of membership to PDP at the resumption of House plenary on Tuesday said it was gladdening to receive them into the PDP fold.
They stressed that PDP in Enugu State was witnessing a great rebirth as a result of the transformative development agenda being unleashed in various sectors of the economy of the state by Governor Mba which has received global commendations.
The Enugu State caucus Leader, Rt. Hon. Nnolim Nnaji on behalf of the members further noted that Governor Mba’s investments in infrastructure, agro economy, and security among others have made Enugu State a tourist’s haven adding that with the good governance structure he has put in place, his second tenure would be a walkover.
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, along with twenty-one other former members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), elected into the Assembly has officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), following a major realignment of political stakeholders across the state.
The defection of the twenty-two lawmakers has effectively transformed the Delta State House of Assembly into a one-party legislature, as the remaining seven members were originally elected on the ticket of the APC.
Announcing the development on Tuesday during the resumption of plenary after the Easter break, the Speaker stated that the decision was the result of extensive consultations with their constituents and political leaders throughout the state.
He emphasized that the move aligned with Section 109 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
While expressing appreciation to members for their contributions so far, Guwor urged the House to ensure the completion of all pending bills as the second legislative session nears its end.
He noted that the political shift towards the APC was in response to the realignment of stakeholders and the desire to align with the Federal Government under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.
“The mass defection of members of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, to the All Progressives Congress was made in the overall interest of Deltans and the state,” the Speaker said.
He explained that the decision followed extensive consultations held on April 23 and which cumulated on the official reception on April 28, 2025, at the Government House and the Cenotaph, respectively.
He said: “We are fully committed to partnering with the Federal Government to deliver greater development to Deltans.
“On behalf of the House, I commend the courage and visionary leadership of our Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, in making this strategic and timely decision.
“As a legislative body, we stand with His Excellency in this endeavour. This renewed partnership between the state and Federal Government must be supported and allowed to flourish, so that we can begin to enjoy its benefits in the shortest possible time.”
He informed the House that he had received twenty-two letters (including his own) notifying of the change of party affiliation from the PDP to the APC.
The defection, he said, was driven by instability within the PDP’s national leadership and factional divisions within the South-South Zonal Executive Committee, leading to internal conflicts and disunity within the party.
Citing Section 109(1)(g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the Speaker affirmed the constitutional basis for the defection.
“With this action, the Delta State House of Assembly is now composed entirely of members from the All Progressives Congress. We thank our constituents for endorsing this progressive course of action”.
A motion to adopt the letters of party change was moved by the Majority Leader, Hon. Emeka Nwaobi, and seconded by Hon. Ferguson Onwo, who represents Isoko South II.
Speaking to journalists after the plenary, the Majority Leader, Hon Emeka Nwaobi reiterated that the defection was prompted by the crisis within the PDP.
“Our decision was based on the instability at the national level and the factionalization at the South-South level. Consequently, we chose to move to the ruling All Progressives Congress, in accordance with Section 109 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended,” he said.
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