Barely 11 days to the expiration of the 10th Senate, Senators Matthew Urhoghide (Edo South) on Wednesday dumped his political platform, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Urhoghide who announced his resignation during plenary, however did not announce the party they will defect to.
The Senator noticesof resignation was contained in a letters
read by Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege who presided over the plenary.
Though Urhoghide was silent on the party he will join henceforth, the Deputy Senate President who read the letter urged them to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Urhoghide, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Public Accounts said he is resigning from the PDP because of the division among leaders of the party.
He claimed that the differences would not allow him to grow politically if he continued to stay as a member of the party.
He appreciated the leadership of the PDP for giving him the political platform to contest and win elections that had brought him to the Senate.
Urhoghide’s letter reads in part: “I write to formally inform you and the entire people of Nigeria that I am resigning my membership from the Peoples Democratic Party, effective immediately.
“It will be difficult for someone like me to grow and function as a leader. I am grateful to the party for giving me the platform