…Shaibu assures him of adequate support and cooperation

After carefully analysing the good work of the current administration in Edo State under the leadership of Mr.Godwin Obaseki and the Deputy Governor, Hon.. Comrade Philip Shaibu, one of the founding members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Saliu Momoh has decided to join forces with them to take Edo to the next level.

Consequently, he has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with the sole aim of redefining the politics of Edo State.

Alhaji Saliu Momoh, accompanied by the Director General of Alimikhena Campaign Organization, Chief Lucky James and others were received by the Deputy Governor, Rt.Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu in his office, Monday afternoon.

In his speech, the pioneer Edo State Secretary of the All Progressives Congress said he had thought over how the State was going and finally made up his mind to join forces with the administration.

“Your Excellency, today, I have come; you will recall all my sojourns as APC State Secretary and Treasurer vis-a-vis, the performance of Obaseki’s administration under PDP, I have found some compelling reasons to join and contribute to the movement to make Edo State Great Again”.

“That’s just what I want to say for now. Later, I will unfold a lot of my compelling reasons to dump the APC. Thank you very much”,Saliu Momoh added.

In his remarks, the Deputy Governor welcomed the decampee on behalf of the Governor, the State’s Chairman and National Chairman of the party.

“When the journey to rescue Edo State started in 2011, you were one of the pioneer members we relied on to rescue the State and the journey that led to the election of Comrade Adams Aliu Oshiomole. Here again, you are back in the PDP at a time we are trying to rescue the State from the APC;so it’s obvious that you are synonymous with rescuing the State from bad situations and it’s obvious that you are destined to rescue this country, Nigeria from this bad situation. So, we welcome you to the mission to rescue our dear country from bad governance”.

“I want to assure you of the governor’s and the leaders of the party’s support and cooperation. We shall also tap from your wealth of experience on how we did it in the past and how we intend to do it again. The journey to rescuing Nigeria is not easy, but with our experience and joining forces, what we did to rescue Edo then, we shall activate it again to rescue Nigeria”.

“We are excited that we have our distinguished Senator Aliminikhena in the house to join the rescue team – we have our first eleven we are presenting to the world and we are very confident that voting them into office come 2023, Nigeria will be better for it”.

“Today, people are talking about hunger, initially, it was unemployment issue that was at the front burner, now it’s not just that, but today, it’s hard to feed and people can no longer sleep with their eyes closed. People are afraid to walk on the street for the fear of their lives; ours is not to lament, but to gather this energy and get experienced people like you to come on board for us to deal with the situation. No more lamentation”.

“God has a purpose for our country. Being on our side, He has a way of saving us when the country looks like collapsing. This time, He has given us the authority. In doing that, we will send the best of the best to run the state and the National Assembly and to support our son, the Vice President, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa a Bendelite”.

Alhaji Saliu Momoh is from Warake Ward 11of Owan East Local Government Area, Edo State.

Present at the defection declaration were the Director General of Aliminikhena election campaign, Chief Lucky James, Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Moses Agbukor, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Comrade Ebomhiana Musa, PDP candidate for Owan Federal Constituency, Barr. Jimoh Ijegbai and Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Governor, Hon. Inusa Imonofi.