{"id":32878,"date":"2020-09-28T14:09:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32878"},"modified":"2020-09-28T14:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T14:09:36","slug":"ex-gov-uduaghan-returns-to-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=32878","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Gov Uduaghan returns to PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Gov-Uduaghan.png\" alt=\"Uduaghan takes on Gov Okowa for \u2018dumping\u2019 DESOPADEC\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A former governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which he left in the heat of the 2015 campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony for the governor\u2019s official defection to his former party is holding today (Monday), at Unit 1, Ward 6, Abigborodo, Warri North Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Uduaghan governed Delta State under the platform of the PDP from 2007 to 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He, however, dumped the party for the ruling&nbsp;<strong>All Progressives Congress (APC)<\/strong>&nbsp;where he contested for senatorial position in the 2019 general election but lost to incumbent Senator James Manager of the PDP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, is said to have played an active role to ensure Uduaghan\u2019s return to the PDP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which he left in the heat of the 2015 campaigns. 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