The factional Speaker of the Edo State
House of Assembly, Chief Festus Ebea, at
the weekend, formally dumped his party,
the APC in favour of the PDP, at a rally in
Ubiaja, the headquarters of Esan South-
east Local Government Area of Edo State.
This is coming 24 hours to the resumption
of plenary by the factionalised state
assembly,
Suspicions of his defection to the PDP was
one of the reasons given when he was
‘suspended’ along with three other APC
lawmakers, namely, Patrick Osayimwen,
Friday Ogieriakhi and Jude Ise-Idehen, on
June 9 this year.
He remained in the APC while the trio
dumped the APC for the PDP.
After his suspension, Ebea was later
‘impeached’ by the APC dominated state
Assembly in an action which led to the
break-up of the 24-member state
Assembly into two parallel factions along
APC and PDP lines.
The two factions in the last four months
have held parallel plenary along party lines
and at two separate locations, with the nine
PDP members electing him as their
Speaker in July.
Speaking at the event, Ebea said his
decision to pitch tent with the PDP was
informed by the fact that the APC as a
party has lost direction flowing from the
ideals of the defunct ACN on which
platform he contested and won the state
Assembly seat in 2011.
“My constituency has been particularly
sidelined in the scheme of things in spite
of numerous promises and budgetary
allocations for development projects that
were never executed by the state
government. And my people have
wondered if this should continue,” he
stated.
The lawmaker said the PDP has proved at
the national level with President Goodluck
Jonathan at the helm that Nigeria can be
transformed with credible and people-
centred leadership and development
programmes.
“Even at the state level the constructive
leadership style of the state chairman,
Chief Dan Orbih, has helped put the party
into reckoning as a competent opposition
which can and will take over the state
house in Benin City in 2016,” he stated.
Ebea who also used the occasion to
formally declare his intention to seek re-
election to the state Assembly as
representative for Esan South-east said
that he remained committed to
transforming his constituency with ‘trusted,
tested and dependable’ legislation’ that
would help bring about the needed
development of the locality.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/09/edo-assembly-factional-speaker-dumps-apc-pdp/

Since impeachment dint work, he needs decamp or refund the money he collected from Jonathan through Annenih. Meanwhile Oshiomole will soon shout GEJ till 2019. APC, PDP deceiving Nigeria since the time of Nnamdi Azikiwe

dem don de go,one by one

He has since defected to the PDP na. Why are they making it to look like a breaking news?!

donphilopus: He has since defected to the PDP na. Why are they making it to look like a breaking news?!

Abi o!

unuane1: The factional Speaker of the Edo State
House of Assembly, Chief Festus Ebea, at
the weekend, formally dumped his party,
the APC in favour of the PDP, at a rally in
Ubiaja, the headquarters of Esan South-
east Local Government Area of Edo State.
This is coming 24 hours to the resumption
of plenary by the factionalised state
assembly,
Suspicions of his defection to the PDP was
one of the reasons given when he was
‘suspended’ along with three other APC
lawmakers, namely, Patrick Osayimwen,
Friday Ogieriakhi and Jude Ise-Idehen, on
June 9 this year.
He remained in the APC while the trio
dumped the APC for the PDP.
After his suspension, Ebea was later
‘impeached’ by the APC dominated state
Assembly in an action which led to the
break-up of the 24-member state
Assembly into two parallel factions along
APC and PDP lines.
The two factions in the last four months
have held parallel plenary along party lines
and at two separate locations, with the nine
PDP members electing him as their
Speaker in July.
Speaking at the event, Ebea said his
decision to pitch tent with the PDP was
informed by the fact that the APC as a
party has lost direction flowing from the
ideals of the defunct ACN on which
platform he contested and won the state
Assembly seat in 2011.
“My constituency has been particularly
sidelined in the scheme of things in spite
of numerous promises and budgetary
allocations for development projects that
were never executed by the state
government. And my people have
wondered if this should continue,” he
stated.
The lawmaker said the PDP has proved at
the national level with President Goodluck
Jonathan at the helm that Nigeria can be
transformed with credible and people-
centred leadership and development
programmes.
“Even at the state level the constructive
leadership style of the state chairman,
Chief Dan Orbih, has helped put the party
into reckoning as a competent opposition
which can and will take over the state
house in Benin City in 2016,” he stated.
Ebea who also used the occasion to
formally declare his intention to seek re-
election to the state Assembly as
representative for Esan South-east said
that he remained committed to
transforming his constituency with ‘trusted,
tested and dependable’ legislation’ that
would help bring about the needed
development of the locality.

http://dailyindependentnig.com/2014/09/edo-assembly-factional-speaker-dumps-apc-pdp/

Bros thanks for posting this, were you at the rally? I missed it, would have loved to witness the death of APC in Esan.

The janjawiids are fidgetting already. In no distant time osho baba will follow suit

One down for apc and plus one for pdp

Mogidi:

Bros thanks for posting this, were you at the rally? I missed it, would have loved to witness the death of APC in Esan.

No I was not but am from Esan South East but am based in Benin.

unuane1: No I was not but am from Esan South East but am based in Benin.

No wahala bros, am from Esan South East hence my interest in Ebea.