Former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Monday Igbuya, has defected from from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Hon Igbuya, who was impeached in May, 2017, by 22 of his 28 colleagues in the House of Assembly, has also picked his new party’s Nomination and Expression of Interest forms to contest the Sapele/Okpe/Uvwie Federal Constituency seat in next year’s general elections.
Confirming the defection of the lawmaker, who currently represents the Sapele Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, one of his aides, Wisdom Boyitie, also confirmed that Igbuya had bought and submitted the APC’s forms for the federal constituency contest.
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“Yes, I can confirm to you that the immediate past Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly have yielded to pressure on him to represent the people of Sapele, Okpe and Uvwie in the green chambers.
“He submitted his form at the APC headquarters, Abuja having met the needed requirements of the party. However, he would be doing that on the platform of the APC and would be making his intention known formally in a couple of days time”, Boyitie confirmed.