The gale of defections that hit the Peoples
Democratic Party ( PDP ) yesterday spread
to Oyo State .
A member of the House of Representatives ,
two former members on the platform of
Accord and Peoples Democratic Party
( PDP ) , a PDP governorship aspirant , a PDP
Women leader , former local government
chairmen of the PDP and thousands of
their supporters joined the All Progressives
Congress ( APC ) in Oyo State .
They defectors are Hon . Afeez Jimoh ,
Folake Olunloyo - Osinowo , Tayo Sarumi ,
Dr . Azeez Adeduntan , Mrs Ayoka Lawani
and former Chairman, Iseyin Local
Government, Mr Waheed Adeleke, among
other party leaders.
They were received at an event at the
Mapo Hall in Ibadan yesterday by Governor
Abiola Ajimobi and Osun State Governor
Rauf Aregbesola , who represented
President- elect Muhammadu Buhari and
the National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu .
The defectors said they were leaving their
parties for the APC because they
discovered that only the APC held hope for
and Oyo State in particular .
Hon Olunloyo -Osinowo , daughter of
Second Republic Governor Omololu
Olunloyo , said all the members of the PDP
in Ibadan South West and Ibadan North
West had defected to the APC , stating that
they identified with progressive ideology
and believed that only the party would take
the country to the promised land.
“God has deserted PDP and Nigerians have
rejected it. That was why we left the party.
The APC remains the only party that can
take Nigeria to her land of destiny, ” she
said .
Another former PDP member of the House
of Representatives and now a chieftain of
the Accord , Hon . Sarumi , said his former
party had become a sinking ship that
would meet its waterloo at the
governorship polls on Saturday.
Former governorship aspirant Dr .
Adeduntan urged the Accord governorship
candidate , Senator Rashidi Ladoja to
prepare for the Olubadan stool as he would
be retired finally from politics on Saturday.
He said former Governor Adebayo Alao -
Akala should also prepare for his
retirement from politics.
Mrs . Lawani said she left the PDP because
of the sterling performance of the APC -led
government, adding that with the APC
occupying the centre in Abuja , there would
be quicker development in Oyo State .
Receiving the defectors , Aregbesola said
the President- elect and other leaders of the
party could not attend the event due to
other party engagements . He said they
sent their appreciation of the massive
votes that the people of the state gave the
APC in the presidential /National Assembly
elections .
Aregbesola called on state electorate not
to identify with the people he called
“emergency progressives” whom he said
wanted to reap where they did not sow ,
saying that it had shown that they were
fake .
Ajimobi congratulated the defectors for
what he called the decapitation of “the
sore thumb of Oyo politics”.
Ajimobi debunked “the sinister rumour”
that immediately he is re- elected , he
would increase hotel tariffs and taxes.
He promised that the old and new
members would benefit from the
government.
Others at the ceremony were Osun State
Deputy Governor Mrs . Titilayo Laoye -
Tomori , Mrs . Abiola Ajimobi , former House
of Representatives Speaker Patricia Etteh ,
all senators - elect , House of
Representatives- elect and many others. thenationonlineng.net/new/olunloyos-daughter-pdp-accord-reps-others-join-apc/

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Carpet crossing again..... Nawao

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APC should place an embargo on accepting people that defected from other parties.

More of that please. By the tym all this disgruntled criminals from other parties join APC...it will be the turn of PDP to scream 'change'

This is pure madness. What can they do to stop all these greedy defections.