The only Edo state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP member of the House of Representative, representing Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben, Hon Marcus Onobun is set to dump the party for the All Progressives Congress, APC
Onobun, a former Speaker in the Edo state House of Assembly’s move to defect to the ruling party in the state may not be unconnected with factionalization of the party in Edo state between loyalists to the Dan Orbih led faction and Barrister Asue Iguodalo, a former candidate of the PDP in the 2024 governorship against Governor Monday Okpeholo.
Source close to the federal lawmaker said Onobun have embarked on extensive consultation with stakeholders in APC and PDP to intimate them about his plan to his shift political lineage.
Onobun who was visibly absent at a stakeholders meeting of the PDP held at the party’s Secretariat on Monday in Benin further fueled rumor of his impending defection.
The source said, ” I can authoritatively tell you that Hon.Marcus Onobun is on his way to the APC. In the next few days he will announce his decision to pitch tent with the ruling party. Don’t forget that he was in the APC before he defected to the PDP, so it is going to be like a home coming. He has even met with Governor Monday Okpebholo and other top leaders of the APC.
Speaking at the PDP stakeholders meeting, a leader of the party Hon. Mathew Iduoriyekewen had expressed doubt about the party’s ability to win any election urging members to sit down and fashion out how it defeat Tinubu in 2027.
“We cannot continue like this. Mr chairman, of we must move solve PDP problem, it must be solved from the National. If Asue’s votes didn’t count , I don’t see any election that will count. The PDP we have today does not have the capacity to stand in opposition to the APC”.
Onobun when contacted on his rumored defection plan simply said “I am consulting and will let you know”.
