Yenagoa, Bayelsa state – The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the November 2023 election in Bayelsa state, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
TimesNow.com.ng reports that Eradiri’s decision to team up with the APC comes two months after he dumped the LP, the party of presidential hopeful Peter Obi.
As reported by The Nation on Tuesday, February 4, Eradiri said he decided to join the ruling party because of President Bola Tinubuâs ‘commitment to infrastructural development’ in his Agudiama/Ekpetiama community, Yenagoa local government area (LGA).
Vanguard newspaper also noted Eradiri’s new party.
Eradiri, who registered with the APC in Ward 10, constituency 2, Yenagoa, highlighted projects initiated by the Tinubu administration through the Samuel Ogbuku-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), including drinking water, shore protection, solar streetlights, and a one-kilometer road.
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Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that five LP house of representatives members left the party.
The defecting federal lawmakers joined the APC.
The new APC members are Esosa Iyawe (Edo), Tochukwu Okere (Imo), Donatus Matthew (Kaduna), Bassey Akiba (Cross River), and Daulyop Fom (Plateau).
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
