Bayelsa senator joins APC, says PDP can’t win councillorship elections
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Summary: “I have lost hope in the capacity of my party to play the role of a political party that is capable of winning councillorship elections in Nigeria."
The Senator representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Benson Konbowei, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr Konbowei’s letter of defection was read by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Thursday.
The senator, in the letter, attributed his defection to what he called the ‘unpleasant circumstan
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