APC loses the only serving senator in Edo

The Senator representing Edo North senatorial district, Senator Domingo Obende, his senior legislative aide, Hon.Hassan Enakhele have led thousands of All Progressive Congress, APC, members to defect to the Social Democratic Party, SDP over the weekend. The ceremony which took place in south – Ibie Kingdom in Etsako West LGA was witnessed by SDP leaders across Edo North led by the BOT Chairman, Chief Alhaji Usman Shagady, Hon. Abubakar Momoh, Etsako reps at the National Assembly who is also the SDP Senatorial candidate. Speaking after receiving the SDP membership card, Enakhele, a former House of Assembly aspirant of the party poured encomium on Momoh for his able representation of Etsako federal constituency at the national assembly and that the Edo North people are looking up to him to replicate his achievements at the senatorial district and also provide leadership for the people in elective capacity after the exit of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in Office. In his remarks, the SDP BOT chairman, Alhaji Usman Shagady said the six weeks extension granted to INEC is a blessing in guise by the party to further receive more decampees from the PDP and APC. According to Alhaji Shagady “the PDP and APC are campaigning on the media, they are not on ground and in touch with the electorate due to their undemocratic practices.