The Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress says Senator Peter Nwaoboshi’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party to the progressive family is a welcome development.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Nwaoboshi, PDP representative of Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, defected to the APC earlier this week.
The APC stated this in a statement by its State Caretaker Committee Chairman, Prophet Jones Erue, on Friday in Asaba.
Erue said his committee and members of the State Working Committee heartily welcome Nwaoboshi to the APC with open arms.
He described Nwaoboshi as a courageous, upright and dogged political tactician who “speaks truth to power” and stands firm in the defence of democracy in the face of intimidation by anti-democratic forces.
He said: “Senator Nwaoboshi’s defection from the tyrannical PDP to the Progressives APC family is an attestation to the transformation initiatives of the current APC-led administration’s impacts on the socio-economic wellbeing of Nigerians.”
Erue assured Nwaoboshi of the unwavering support of the party leadership in furtherance of his political aspirations.
Nwaoboshi’s defection followed his suspension from the opposition PDP on Wednesday by the Working Committee, Delta State Chapter, for a period of one month for alleged anti-party activities.