- The PDP in Edo state has experienced a major shakeup as eight former local government chairmen dumped the party for the APC in the state
- Adams Oshiomhole, the leader of the party in the state, received the decampees at his residence in Benin, the state capital
- The defectors had followed Governor Godwin Obaseki to the PDP on June 19, 2020, when he had issue with the APC and had to decamp
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Benin, Edo – Eight ex-local government chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the September 21 governorship election.