The Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

By Naomi Sharang

The Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen, has defected from the Labour Party (LP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, made the announcement while reading Imasuen’s letter during plenary in Abuja.

The letter was titled, “Notice of defection from the LP to the APC.”

It letter partly read: I write to respectfully notify the distinguished senate through the office of the senate president of my resignation from the LP and my decision to officially join the APC.

“This decision followed extensive consultations with my constituents, my political stakeholders and my supporters across Edo South District.

“They had expressed their desire to have me enter a party that will give our people national prominence and political relevance.

“I want to align my senatorial district with the development and the renewed hope agenda of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration,’’ he said.

According to Imasuen, his defection was necessitated by irreconcilable internal crises and leadership challenges within the LP.

He added that this had hampered his capacity to effectively represent and deliver on the true mandate of governance to the good people of his constituents.

In his remarks, Akpabio said, “This is very important for the benefits of this country and the peace of this nation.

“This has accounted for the many complaints and tears that the senator had been heaping up,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Imasuen chairs the Senate Committee on Ethics Code of Conduct and Public Petitions. (NAN)(www.nannews)