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Tunji Bosun, Abeokuta



Salmot Badru , a former deputy to ex -Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun ( 2007 -2011 ) , on Tuesday led over 1 ,000 supporters into the All Progressives Congress in the state .

Badru , who was a deputy governor in the state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, declared for APC with followers who were members of Otunba Gbenga Daniel ’ s political family.

Our Correspondent gathered that Badru , a former chairperson of Ogun /Osun River Basin; Chief Iyabo Apampa and over 1 , 000 supporters were received by the factional chairman of the party, Chief Yemi Sanusi; his Secretary , Ayo Olubori; and Senior Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Political Matters , Tunji Egbetokun .

Speaking with our Correspondent on phone , Badru said she had quit the PDP for APC .
She said the development was to formalise her movement and that of her followers in Daniel ’s group into the APC .

She said, “ I am not just joining . I worked for the current governor , Dapo Abiodun ; and if you follow the development , you will know that I was part of the transition committee .
“ It is just to formalise my movement and that of my followers into the APC .”

When asked if she had written a formal letter to her former party of her decision to exit, Badru said, “ I did not have to. Those who wrote the party over their exit, that is their own choice. ”
She explained further that she did not consider it compulsory to inform PDP leaders of her defection .

“ I don’ t think it is compulsory for me to write . I was just a member . I am not a National Executive Council member .”

On whether her former boss , Gbenga Daniel , was informed , Badru said, “ I am an individual; I am an adult . I can take a decision . I am over 60 years old .

“ The Constitution stipulates that I can join any group I want. Yes, he is a leader and I must inform him. The decision is mine , he cannot prevent me from joining .”

She added that she and her followers had joined the APC long before the Tuesday move .
“ We have been going to their meetings. Today was only a family meeting ; it was just a formality . I have been in the APC before now . ”

She added, “ I have attended two or three meetings from the same family , we are over 1 ,000 today. It was a meeting , not a big event.
“ We were received by the APC chairman , the secretary and the Political Adviser to the governor , Tunji Egbetokun .

“ It was our own meeting . We want the followers to know that we are now in APC .

“ We reaffirm that we are in APC and we believe in what we are doing . ”

GoldChest:
She's got no political relevance , make she dey go .

APC will disapear from our political space after Buhari is done and gone with his failure and directionless useless government by 2023.

GoldChest:
She's got no political relevance , make she dey go .

APC will disapear from our political space after Buhari is done and gone with his failure and directionless useless government by 2023.

PureGoldh:
Yawa

GoldChest:
She's got no political relevance , make she dey go .

APC will disapear from our political space after Buhari is done and gone with his failure and directionless useless government by 2023.

coluka:
Which one is PDP melts? A deputy governor that left in 2011? Of what political relevance is he in 2019?

seunmsg:
Tinubu left office in 2007 and he’s still the most popular and influential politician in Nigeria today.

helinues:
So Iyabo Apampa is still in politics? Na wah oo

seunmsg:
I was in JSS1 in 1995 when she visited my school to commission a set of classroom donated by a private company. She was Ogun State commissioner for education then during the military administration of Lt. Col. Akintonde.