Serving Councillor, Ward Chairman, Ex-Councillors Leaves APC for PDP in Ogun

The Councillor representing ward 5 in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state, Hon. Olusegun Samson and the serving ward 2 APC chairman in Abeokuta North local government area, Mr. Idowu Obayomi has left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun state.

Hon. Samson, who is presently representing ward 5 in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun state defected along with hundreds of his supporters on Monday, February 13, 2017.

“After several deliberations and consultations, we decided to join the PDP, in other to join our friends and brothers who have gone before us, to revive the political glory of our state, and bring about massive development,” Samson said in his speech.

The ward 2 APC Chairman in Abeokuta North local government area, Mr. Idowu Obayomi and more than 200 of his followers on Monday also defected to the Engineer Bayo Dayo-led Ogun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Obayomi's defection to the PDP is coming barely 24 hours after the PDP National Chairman, Senator Alimodu Sheriff, Senator Ibrahim Mantu and other prominent National leaders of the party graced the Party's southwest meeting held in Ijebu Igbo on Sunday.

Addressing his supporters, the APC chairman in ward 2 (Abeokuta North LGA) said he defected with more than 200 supporters. He said he was encouraged that the leadership of the PDP was making efforts to rescue the people of Ogun State from hardship.

“The beauty of democracy is the ventilation of ideas and we have found succour in the Senator Buruji Kashamu and Engineer Bayo Dayo-led PDP.

“I can assure you that before the end of November this year, it will be difficult to recognise APC anywhere in Ogun state," he said.

Also, the trio of Hon. Soetan Saheed (Ward 10, Abeokuta South LGA), Hon. Owolabi Yinka (Ward 10, Ewekoro LGA) and Hon. Solola Abiodun (Ward 1, Abeokuta North LGA) who dumped the APC for the PDP on Monday were led into the PDP by their leader, Alhaji Hamod Olatoye.

Speaking on the occasion, Alhaji Hamod said the APC are temporary landlords in Ogun state.

“The APC has created a big burden to local politicians and what we now have in Ogun state APC are temporary landlords and by the special grace of Allah they shall be sent packing in 2019,” Hamod said.

The defectors were welcomed into the PDP fold by the Ogun PDP chairman, Engineer Bayo Dayo and the Ogun state Coordinator of Omoilu Foundation, Otunba (Comrade) Niyi Osoba.

The caption ought to be
Those that lost in the Lga primaries élections in Ogun state decamped to pdp out of fustration
period !

bkool7:
The caption ought to be
Those that lost in the Lga primaries élections in Ogun state decamped to pdp out of fustration
period !

They nonetheless defected, right?