Admin l Thursday, August 09, 2018
BENIN CITY, Edo, Nigeria – Not less than 589,000 members of the rulling All Progressive Congress(APC) have dumped the party in Edo State, the home of national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Those who left the party claimed to be supporters of the former Kano State Governor, Mr. Rabiu Kwankwanso, otherwise known as Kwankwansiyya movement in Edo State APC. The were led out of the party by the state chairman of the RAPC, Chief John Osamede Adun and the State Coordinator, of the party, Hon Harrison Omagbon.
Speaking on the development in Benin City, Omagbon said they left APC after, “critical evaluation, discussions, due consultations and after reviewing the unfolding political events in the country.
“We wish to inform the state leadership of the APC that the 589, 137 members of the Kwankwansiyya movement from the 192 wards in Edo State hereby resign from the APC with immediate effect today, 9th August 2018.”
He said Senator Rabiu Kwankwanso, would soon decide the next line of action. Recall that Kwankwanso has already decamped from APC to the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).
