By Jude Opara, Abuja
Charles Idahosa, a former Commissioner for Information in Edo State, has announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) claiming that Governor Godwin Obaseki’s disregard for leaders in the party led to his exit.
Idahosa who made this revelation on Tuesday in Benin, said he played a critical role in Obaseki securing his second term ticket and his subsequent victory at the 2020 governorship election.
It could be recalled that in 2020, Idahosa defected to PDP from APC, saying he could not stand and watch Obaseki being humiliated and badly treated by APC leaders by denying him a return ticket.
“I stood up against former governor Adams Oshomhole, who was then, the APC national chairman, whom I had worked with in various capacities before the 2016 governorship election.
“So, because I saw that Obaseki was being victimized, my supporters and I decided to move with him to the PDP where he eventually secured the ticket and returned as the governor for the second time.
“Unfortunately when he came, he wasn’t fair to the people and party leaders that helped him to power.
“He keeps saying that people are angry with him because they wanted him to share state money with them and I have challenged him to mention the names of the people so that the whole world will know them.
“So I just got frustrated and left the party because he has not been fair to party leaders and the people that stood for him in 2020 when he had problems in APC,” Idahosa said.
The latest entrant into the APC further added that apart from the alleged ill-treatment, the state had not experienced development in the last seven years, even as he vowed to ensure that the APC wins the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
