by Oke Efagene

Several members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, over the weekend defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The move by the defectors, was with a resolve to help the ruling party in the state maintain its leading position in the forthcoming general election.

A member of the State House of Assembly representing Gboko East Constituency, Dehiin Dzuayi, who led the defectors, said they were no longer comfortable with APC due to the party’s inability to chart the right course for its followers.

Nigerian Eye reports:

Governor Gabriel Suswam in his speech while receiving the returnees on behalf of the PDP assured them of equal treatment, stressing that they would not be discriminated against by old members for taking the right step to abandon the APC.

“We will treat you equally. The party will never abandon you”, he pledged.

Suswam who boasted that the PDP would continue to rule Nigeria and Benue State also promised to construct the road linking Gboko Local government Area to its neigbouring Gwer West.