Gen. Charles Arhiavbere, And 10,000 Of His Supporters Dump PDP, Join APC In Edo

9 years ago

Gen. Charles Arhiavbere, And 10,000 Of His Supporters Dump PDP, Join APC In Edo

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2012 gubernatorial election in Edo State and national coordinator of the Goodluck Support Group and Goodluck Youth Initiative, Maj.- Gen. Charles Arhiavbere (rtd) has become the first person in Edo State to jump out of the ship of the Peoples Democratic Party with over 10,000 of his supporters.

General Arhiavbere who joined the All progressives Congress in Benin City, on Easter Sunday said “Since after the election of 2012 there has been heightened tension in Edo state which has made development slow and I believe my coming to meet with the Comrade Governor and APC which is now at the centre , speedy development will take place in Edo state .

He said: “there will be peace, there will be stability and things can now happen faster ‘’.
Asked why he decided to jump ship just a few days after the PDP lost power at the federal level, Arhiavbere said; “I would not be one of the political leaders that would move Edo state backwards especially when the APC is now at the federal level.

“Every well-meaning politician must come to the centre for rapid development. We can only do that if we give political stability to his Excellency the Comrade Governor of Edo state”, he continued “the party at the centre is All Progressives Congress and the party in Edo state is also APC why then should we be in opposition and I believe that I have the ground and the supporters to influence positively the election of April 11 for the State House of Assembly.”
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He assured Edo state people that with Comrade Oshiomhole, the gelegele seaport will be taken up by the APC-controlled Federal Government, maintaining that the dualization of the Benin –Lokoja road will be pursued to a logical conclusion.

In his remark, Governor Oshiomhole said “it is great receiving Major-General Charles Arhiavbere who was my main opponent in the 2012 governorship election in Edo state and over the period he has seen through the political environment.

“Even as he was in PDP, we have maintained a good relationship. That he has come to join us is in line with our tradition to try to consolidate democracy, open up the party to every genuine person who wants to join the party because politics is a game of numbers but this one is a quality number which makes it much more important for us.