A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Olusegun Olaleye, on Thursday, defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.

Olaleye, who is representing Ibadan North II state constituency in the legislative house, said he left the APC because the ideals of the party had been eroded. Olaleye said his decision was not triggered by the exodus of federal lawmakers from the APC to the PDP on Tuesday. He noted that earlier before Thursday, he had made consultation with people before arriving at his decision..



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Oyo lawmaker dumps APC for PDP
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July 27, 2018
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan

A member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Olusegun Olaleye, on Thursday, defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.

Olaleye, who is representing Ibadan North II state constituency in the legislative house, said he left the APC because the ideals of the party had been eroded. Olaleye said his decision was not triggered by the exodus of federal lawmakers from the APC to the PDP on Tuesday. He noted that earlier before Thursday, he had made consultation with people before arriving at his decision.


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Olaleye was received at Ward 11, Ibadan North Local Government by the PDP chairman in the area, Seun Adelore.

The lawmaker said, “I went astray in the APC but I am back to the party that will form the next government in the state. The PDP is a moving train which boasted of huge followers and good leaders like former governor Rashidi Ladoja, Sarafadeen Alli and Senator Femi Lanlehin.

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