A two-time senator representing Edo South Matthew Uroghide has switched allegiance to the All Progressives Congress (APC), after what he described as a 13-year-three-month sojourn in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Uroghide formally defected to the APC from the PDP at an event in Benin City on Saturday.
Eight local government chairmen including Frank Ilaboya of Owan West Local Government Area also joined the APC.
Top APC leaders including Adams Oshiomhole, and the state executive were on the ground to receive the fresh entrants into the party.
Senator Uroghide who described himself as a foundation member of the APC said he is glad to return to the fold of mature politicians, a party, in whose leaders he trusts and has confidence.
The former lawmaker assured the party that he has returned to help build the party and enthrone its candidates in the 2024 Edo governorship election.
He was not the only politician who defected from the PDP to the APC on the day. Others include a former clerk of the House of Representatives and candidate for the Owan Federal Constituency in the 2023 election Patrick Giwa.
