Benue Assembly Majority Leader defects from APC to PDP

The Majority Leader of the Benue State House of Assembly, Thomas Dugeri, has near the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) up of the 2027 wide elections.

Dugeri, who represents Kwande West State Constituency, was formally received into the PDP by erstwhile Benue State Governor and enactment leader, Samuel Ortom, successful Abuja.

The presumption was made astatine Ortom’s residence during Dugeri’s archetypal gathering with the erstwhile politician since announcing his defection.

The lawmaker was presented to Ortom by the lawman president of the PDP successful Benue State, Adzua Ashongo.

Dugeri expressed appreciation to Ortom and different PDP leaders for the invited fixed to him and his supporters since they joined the party.

He besides thanked enactment members successful Kwande and different parts of Benue for accepting him, describing the reception arsenic encouraging.

“I stay committed to the PDP and volition enactment with different enactment leaders and members to fortify the enactment up of the 2027 elections,” helium said.

He said his determination was based connected his determination to enactment with the PDP and different stakeholders to execute the party’s objectives successful the adjacent election.

Receiving the lawmaker, Ortom welcomed Dugeri and his supporters into the PDP, assuring them that the enactment would supply adjacent opportunities to some caller and existing members....