{"id":121210,"date":"2024-06-10T22:42:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T21:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman"},"modified":"2024-06-11T00:52:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T23:52:23","slug":"edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman","title":{"rendered":"Edo Guber: More defections await APC \u2013 Ex Party Vice-Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The immediate past Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Francis Inegbineki has said a defection \u201cTsunami\u201d awaits the party as more members are ready to dump it.<\/p>\n<p>The former APC chieftain made the remarks at a press conference in Benin City while debunking the rumours making the rounds that he had rescinded his decision to resign from the party.<\/p>\n<p>Francis Inegbineki, who was the party\u2019s senatorial candidate in the 2015 general election, Friday, resigned from the party.<\/p>\n<p>At the press conference, he disclosed that more members of the party would soon dump the party.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, I didn\u2019t rescind my decision, and I stand by my resignation. A tsunami will soon happen in APC. I am only leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand by my resignation from the APC, and I cease to be a member.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw my photograph with the APC governorship candidate on social media, suggesting that I have rescinded my decision to quit APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it is true that Senator Monday Okpebholo visited me after I turned in my resignation letter because they know that an Iroko has fallen\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reported that his resignation from the party is coming barely three months to the September 21, governorship election in Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation letter dated June 7, 2024, and addressed to the ward 9 chairman of APC in Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State, Inegbinek hinged his decision on the recent developments in the local government and the State chapters of the party.<\/p>\n<p>He opined that the developments conflicted with his core principles and values, which prompted him to do a serious evaluation of his political future in Edo State and decide on the way forward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The immediate past Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Francis Inegbineki has said a defection \u201cTsunami\u201d awaits the party as more members are ready to dump it. The former APC chieftain made the remarks at a press conference in Benin City while debunking the rumours making the rounds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":121209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,34,12578,254],"class_list":["post-121210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-apc","tag-edo-guber","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Edo Guber: More defections await APC \u2013 Ex Party Vice-Chairman - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The immediate past Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Francis Inegbineki has said a defectio ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edo Guber: More defections await APC \u2013 Ex Party Vice-Chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The immediate past Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Francis Inegbineki has said a defectio ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-10T21:42:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-10T23:52:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1718046962.16674.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1458\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1313\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Edo Guber: More defections await APC \u2013 Ex Party Vice-Chairman\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-06-10T21:42:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-10T23:52:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/06\/sm_1718046962.16674.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"APC\",\"Edo guber\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-more-defections-await-apc-ex-party-vice-chairman\",\"name\":\"Edo Guber: More defections await APC \u2013 Ex Party Vice-Chairman - 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