May 03, (THEWILL) – Former Chief of Staff to Benue State Governor, Pastor Terwase Orbunde, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pitched tent with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Benue state.
Pastor Orbunde, who was contesting the 2023 governorship position under the PDP platform formally registered as a member of APC at Ajio, headquarters of Mbaketsa council ward in Shangev-ya, Kwande local government area on 2nd May, 2022.
Pastor Orbunde explained after registration that APC has promised to provide him with the opportunity to explore his political future on its platform.
He expressed appreciation to his political associates, supporters, and partners for their prayers, patience, support, as well as goodwill and appeal for sustenance.
Shortly after registration into APC, the former Chief of Staff, submitted his letter of resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ward chairman of the party, Tersoo Ukaa.
He expressed gratitude to the PDP for the privileges it gave him while he was a member.
During the exercise, the APC ward chairman, Mr Godwin Ager, presented a membership card and a broom to Pastor Orbunde, assuring him that nobody is a late comer and charged him to respect the leadership of the party at all levels.
It will be recalled that Pastor Orbunde, who was Chief of Staff to governor Samuel Ortom for the past seven years, had fallen apart with the PDP when it zoned the governorship position to Jechira, which knocked Kwande/Ushongo where he hails from out of the contest.
Orbunde came into political limelight when he was elected into the Federal House of Representatives in 1992 for Kwande federal constituency, during which the military intervention in the polity sent them parking three months into the tenure.
