The Chairman of the House of
Representatives Committee on
Legislative Budget and Research,
Hon. Michael Opeyemi Bamidele,
Tuesday cleared the air on his
declaration for the Labour Party
(LP) ahead of the 2014
governorship election in Ekiti State
saying “I did not defect from any
political party.”
Bamidele, who was elected in
2011 on the platform of the Action
Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to
represent the Ado-Ekiti/Irepodun
-Ifelodun Federal Constituency in
the House, made the declaration
in Akure, the Ondo State
capital ,during a public discussion
programme.
The discussion programme with
the theme '2015: Imperative of
Constitutional Review,' was
organised by the Ondo State
council of the Nigeria Union of
Journalists (NUJ) as part of
activities of the 2013 Press Week
of the union.
The lecture chaired by the Vice-
Chancellor, of Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba Akoko, Prof.
Femi Mimiko, also had the senator
representing Ondo South
senatorial district in the National
Assembly, Boluwaji Kunlere, and
the senator representing Ekiti
Central senatorial district, Senator
Babafemi Ojudu.
The lawmaker’s comment came
while responding to a question on
the constitutionality of his
movement to the LP having being
elected on the platform of the
defunct ACN.
“I was an active and committed
member of the defunct ACN I was
the National Director of Publicity
of the party and I was elected to
represent the people of the Ado-
Ekiti/Ifelodun Irepodun Federal
Constituency in the House of
Representatives.
“For the reasons known to them,
the leadership of the party
decided to enter into discussion
with other political parties and at
the end of the day, the certificate
of registration of the ACN was
revoked and the party along with
others formed All Progressives
Congress (APC),” he said.
The lawmaker said since the
certificate of the party under
which he was elected had been
revoked, it meant he had no
political party, adding “I remained
partyless for two months.”
Bamidele, who is a governorship
aspirant of the LP for the 2014
election in Ekiti State, said it was
at that point that a group “Ekiti
Bibire Coalition’ was formed and
he became a member.
The legislator said after much
consultations with the people of
the state and review of the
situation in the state, it was
decided that members of the
coalition must join a political party
since Bibire cannot be registered
as a political party.
“We then decide that instead of
joining or registering with a
new political party (APC), we
should join a progressive political
party and that is why we join the
Labour Party.”
He said as at the time he joined
the LP, the party under which he
was elected had been scrapped
and he decided not to join any
new party saying “I did not defect
from any political party.”
Bamidele said he would want his
own to be a test case to
determine whether a man who
was elected on a party that had
seized to exist can join another
party and whether taking such
action constitute an offence

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Opeyemi Bamidele, If I had known you were as sensible as this. This man is something else,I bet you he will initiate the death of apc in Ekiti State. Long Live Opeyemi Bamidele, Long Live Labour Party. Opeyemi Bamidele for governor of Ekiti State: 2015.

That's minus 1 for APC

This man is very intelligent.APC cnt declear his seat vacant.