Barely 19 days to the Senatorial District elections, a candidate under the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) for Delta South Senatorial District, Michael Diden, otherwise known as Ejele, seems to have lost grip as a former wife of his, Emuobo Bazunu, defected to the PDP ahead of the February 25th 2023 election.
Among the latest defectors were a younger sibling of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Vincent Uduaghan, who is the immediate past Commissioner for Transport in the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and a former aspirant into the state’s House of Assembly on the platform of the party in Warri South Constituency 2.
The weekend’s development climaxed weeks of ceaseless defection that the PDP in the state has suffered.
The latest defection took place at a rally held at the Warri residence of a three-time member of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Daniel Reyinieju, who also dumped the main opposition party, in company of other notable bigwigs and thousands of their supporters two weeks ago.
Other leaders of the PDP who dumped the PDP with thousands of their supporters include a former member of the state’s House Assembly, Hon. Otimieyin Orugbo; former, Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), Warri South LGA, Hon. Eugene Ebisin and two former Councillors in tbe council area, Hon. Kingsley Tenuma and Austin Tietie.
In the roll call of the defectors are the state’s Assembly Candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP) in Warri South, Bar. Atie Jemide; former Financial Secretary of PDP in Warri North LGA, Hon. Sunny Jeye and a former Councillor in
Warri South LGA, Hon. Romeo Ogedegbe.
The defecting PDP leaders from Warri North LGA are: Paul Ometie, Collins Newuwumi, Oguofor Benson, Debi Asifor, Emma Ejewimo, Friday Agborin, Mogbeyi Iteren, Lawrence Temi, Elijah Mene, Henry Olley and Taiye Okorode.
The defectors narrated various tales of woes, which compelled them to dump PDP, promising to end the lack-lustre reign of PDP in the State.
