6,000 PDP members defect to APC in Akoko-Edo

No fewer than 6,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party in
Akoko-Edo Local Government Area on Sunday defected to All Progressives
Congress.
The defectors were received by the leadership of the APC in a rally
held at Igarra, the Headquartres of Akoko-Edo LGA, which also had in
attendance serving lawmakers and aspirants into the national and state
assemblies, including the Secretary to the State Government, Professor
Julius Ihonvbere, who is also a senatorial aspirant, and a House of
Representatives hopeful, Anslem Agbabi.
Speaking at the rally, the Senator representing Edo North Senatorial
District, Domingo Obende, expressed confidence that the party had
taken control of the Federal House of Representatives, with the
defection of the Speaker, Amino Tambuwal.
Obende, who described the withdrawal of Tambuwal's security details as
unconstitutional stated that the current change in the lower was a
indication of the change that the party would bring about in the 2015
general elections.
"The position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives is not a
position of a political party but a position that is given to someone
in the chambers to lead the others, they are equal but one has to
given the power to lead.
"I do not know where PDP is coming from withdrawing his police
details, is very wrong, very unconstitutional and it has to be
restored.
"The change already happening in the National Assembly is a pointer to
the change that we are going to witness next year.
"I want to say to you that there is noting the PDP can do about the
speaker; there is no way they can raise 240 members to impeach
Tambuwal and since they cannot do that, the APC is now fully in charge
of the House of Representatives and I want to say that today, we must
know that God is working on our direction.
"This change cannot come if you and I are not in oneness. This change
will not come if you and I are not committed to our party. We must
work hard, there should be no rancour," he said.