{"id":25545,"date":"2024-04-02T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=25545"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:04:13","slug":"eight-former-pdp-lg-chairmen-decamp-to-apc-in-edo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/04\/02\/eight-former-pdp-lg-chairmen-decamp-to-apc-in-edo\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Former PDP LG Chairmen Decamp to APC in Edo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight former local government chairmen in Edo State, who were previously members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after their departure in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Led by John Akhigbe, Dr. Josie Ogedegbe, Frank Ilaboya, Andrew Osigwe, Napoleon Agbama, Scott Ogbemudia, Austin Okoibhole, and Mrs. Ruth Osahor, they pledged their support to the APC and vowed to work for the party&#8217;s success in the September 21, 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>They were warmly received at the Benin residence of APC leader Senator Adams Oshiomhole, in the presence of the APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, his running mate, Dennis Idahosa, and acting state Chairman of the party, Jaret Tenebe.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his gratitude, Oshiomhole acknowledged their past contributions to governance and emphasized the importance of their return, assuring them of full rights and privileges within the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the returnees, Frank Ilaboya expressed their collective commitment to Oshiomhole&#8217;s vision and pledged to actively support the party&#8217;s objectives moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight former local government chairmen in Edo State, who were previously members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after their departure in 2020. Led by John Akhigbe, Dr. Josie Ogedegbe, Frank Ilaboya, Andrew Osigwe, Napoleon Agbama, Scott Ogbemudia, Austin Okoibhole, and Mrs. Ruth Osahor, they pledged their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":25550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25545"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25557,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25545\/revisions\/25557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}