PRESS RELEASE
ETSAKO EAST APC WELCOMES RT. HON. FRANCIS AKPENE AND OTHERS TO THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Etsako East Local Government Area, is delighted to welcome Rt. Hon. Francis Azegbeobor Akpene, JP, and other notable politicians from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to our great party.
This historic defection was formalized at the Edo State APC Secretariat on August 25, 2025, where the State Chairman, Chief Emperor Jarrett Tenebe, and the State Party Secretary, Chief Lawrence Oka, officially received Hon. Chief Francis Akpene and his entourage.
As we warmly welcome, Hon. Akpene, popularly known as “AK Frank,” and other counselors from the ten wards of Etsako East, we urge all Ward Chairmen to immediately issue party membership cards to our new members and receive them with their supporters across the 166 polling units in Etsako East.
This mass defection marks the beginning of the end for the PDP in Etsako East, and we await their burial in the coming days. We congratulate our fellow party members and look forward to sweeping the polls in the 2027 general elections.
Signed:
Comr. Idodo Abdulrasak Emmanuel Ikpemoghena Ekwotsor
The APC Mouth Piece
Etsako East LGA