Mr. Kassim Afegbua, a former Special Adviser on Media to the immediate past Governor of Edo State and current national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole, has defected with thousands of his supporters to the Peoples Democratic Party, 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.
The former aide to Oshiomhole said he took the “bold step” in rejoining his former party, because of the 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 are defecting to the PDP over poor roads and neglect of the community by the state government, ”NAN quoted him as saying.
He added 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.
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