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Edo Commissioner Defects To PDP

By Alemma-Ozioruva Aliu, Benin City
30 January 2015   |   7:16 pm
BARELY seven days after he shared his salary as Commissioner in the state for his constituents as his commitment for their welfare, Edo State Commissioner for Investment and Public Private Partnership Dennis Idahosa, on Friday, dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).    Idahosa, who was received into the PDP by…

BARELY seven days after he shared his salary as Commissioner in the state for his constituents as his commitment for their welfare, Edo State Commissioner for Investment and Public Private Partnership Dennis Idahosa, on Friday, dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

   Idahosa, who was received into the PDP by its Edo State chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, said his defection was a prelude to his resignation as commissioner, which he said would soon follow.

    According to him, he left the APC because of incessant abuse of President Goodluck Jonathan and Edo elders by Governor Adams Oshiomhole. “The reason I am joining PDP is that I don’t agree with the way Oshiomhole abuses our elders and President Jonathan. 

 

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