The fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos further swelled on Friday as many members, said to be about 5,000, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected to the party.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new entrants joined the APC at an elaborate ceremony at the ACME Road secretariat of the party.

NAN reports that some 500 members of PDP had on July 3 also defected to APC in the state.

The new defectors, who are members of the United Niger Delta group were led into their new party by Gabriel Ese, the group’s leader.

They were received by the state chairman of the party, Tunde Balogun, along with some other party officials.

Mr Balogun said the party was excited to receive the new members, particularly as they were many.

He said the decision of the former PDP members to join the party reflected the growing confidence in the party.

Mr Balogun commended the new entrants for their decision to join what he called the progressives fold, assuring them that the party would do its best to give them a sense of belonging.

“We are happy that you have made the decision to join the Progressive train today and we assure you that we will do our best to make you feel at home.

“Even as you are just joining us, we have accepted you as part and parcel of the APC and we will not treat you differently.

“I assure you, you will not regret joining the APC; we shall work together like brothers and sisters to ensure that APC becomes greater than what it is today in the state,’’ he said.

Mr Balogun implored the defectors to show commitment and give their best in order to ensure victory in 2019.

The party chairman urged the new members to obtain their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) as it was the only means by which they could secure victory for the party.

Mr Balogun said the party had commenced the registration of new members nationwide and urged the new members to register to be fully integrated.

Mr Ese said he and other members of the group were delighted to leave the PDP to join “the progressive party’’.

He said the decision of the group to leave the PDP was because of the strides of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode in Lagos.

Mr Ese said they were also motivated by the charismatic leadership of the national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, and the achievements of the APC at the national level.

“We would have joined the APC a long time ago, we love the party, we love Tinubu but because Dr Goodluck Jonathan was the then President and we thought we could not work against our Niger Delta brother.

“But after so much pressure both within the Niger Delta and outside the region to join the APC, seeing the wonders of Ambode in Lagos and the charisma of Tinubu, we finally decided to be here.

“We are pledging our full allegiance to the party because we have realised this is the party to be.

“We are so happy to be here and we will do our best to take the party to the next level,’’ he said.

Mr Ese said there were about 500,000 registered members of the group in the state and that they would be mobilized to obtain their PVCs, in order to vote for APC in the 2019 general elections.

(NAN)
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/281243-many-pdp-members-defect-to-apc-in-lagos.html

It is over for PDP in the Southwest.

This was posted to make this TGIF miserable for some Wailers and Children of Hate, so they can drown themselves in Alcohol
this evening as they languish in utter Painment and misery

;DIPOb touts after reading the headline

TheTrueSeeker:
The simplest way to detect a lie is in its inconsistency


50,000 caption
5,000 second line
500 finally...!!!

Odiegwu, shatap there!! The thing pain you no be small

TheTrueSeeker:
The simplest way to detect a lie is in its inconsistency


50,000 caption
5,000 second line
500 finally...!!!

Why did you ignore the 500,000 at the end

TheTrueSeeker:
The simplest way to detect a lie is in its inconsistency


50,000 caption
5,000 second line
500 finally...!!!

The 50,000 was obviously a typo.

The 500 was just a mention of a different defection that occurred in July which is different from this 5000.

Then it gave the icing on the cake that there are 500,000 registered APC members in Lagos.

Unregistered wasn't mentioned but suffice to say that PDP has never stood any chance in Lagos and its not going to be different come 2019

diegwu02:


Why did you ignore the 500,000 at the end

Cos I didn't bother to get to the end....!!!
meanwhile if there are 500,000 registered members and only 5,000 representing just 1% left...!!!!

20,000,000 Twenty million APC members just dumped APC and joined PDP in owerri they are looking for fuel to burn their brooms

Where them see 5000 ??

TheTrueSeeker:


Cos I didn't bother to get to the end....!!!
meanwhile if there are 500,000 registered members and only 5,000 representing just 1% left...!!!!

You are still confused. Read the article again.

There is only one party(APC) in Lagos

TheTrueSeeker:





After mentioning a typo error, you should be apologizing for misinforming your readers and correcting your error. Its obvious who the confused fellow is here...!!!

You are still very confused! Am I the OP?

The rest of the story is factual. You can easily correct the typo when you read the content.

Stop being so confused

It's insulting that apart from spare parts dealers and gala hawkers in traffic, that 5000 people were members of PDP in Lagos, the leadership of the constituency will definitely be queried.

No be only 5000. They should check well. The figure might be 2 million.

APC is just desperate.

Make up your mind on how many zeros you want to add to that five, will you.

5
50
500
5000
50000
500000
5000000
50000000
500000000
5000000000

The days of PDP Looters are numbered

Another one in DJ Khaleed's voice.

Bukola Saraki have committed political suicide, sad for him........so he's not smart as being portrayed anyway

As for Dino, that one no get shame at all before before, so I won't be surprised if t'moro he abandon Saraki and join APC

This is no news.
We all know APC owns Lagos.
But this type of news dey somehow...
5000 PDP member,why not 5347 or 4000 even 3500...
It must be a whole figure.
In Ibadan 50,000 Apc member join PDP...
I hate APC sotey,but Ambode is quite exceptional..reason not far fetch,Lagos is rich and any other person would have performed good or even better.

Me sef wan defect to APC
Tired of Pdp

Who Dey always count them abeg?
And they are always rounded up numbers
Nothing like 456 people decamped



But then

Were their PDP members in Lagos state before?
Shebi na only Jimi Agbaje b everything

We told them before.... keep watching

Rilwayne001:
;DIPOb touts after reading the headline

Who let you loose from your cage in the Islam for MUDSLIMES section? You shouldn't stray beyond your comfort zone pal or you'll be royally disgraced.

Meanwhile, Dullar-din-ho as.s lickers and masturbators are making their way to this thread in....

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It's actually 5billion



They have more supporters than Nigerian citizens

One thing is sure there is 5 in the figure but how many zeros behind that 5 is not CERTAIN for now....lol

I fear who no fear APC propaganda ....walahi

Okay now

It is easy for people to move from one political party to another in a society where there are no ideological lines separating such parties. Only a club without standards and prestige accepts every single individual that knocks on the door.