Thousands of loyalists of Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, and former governors of the state, Segun Osoba, and Ibikunle Amosun, have dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Other decampees resigned their membership of the Labour Party (LP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Other defectors were the governorship candidate of LP at the 2019 election in the state, Modupe Sanyaolu, and former councillors in the Amosun-led administration between 2016 and 2019.
The decampees, who declared support for the governorship candidate of PDP in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, were received at the PDP secretariat in Abeokuta by the State Chairman, Sikirulai Ogundele, and other leaders of the PDP in the state.
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The decampees were led by a former Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Tola Banjo, from Amosun’s group; Saka Ahmed from Osoba’s group, and Yinka Asaye from Governor Abiodun’s group.
Handing over the PDP flag to the decampees, Ogundele assured them that they would not regret joining the party.
In his remarks, the PDP’s deputy governorship candidate, Abdulkabir Akinlade, said the party would defeat the APC in 2023 and also send it to its early retirement in Ogun State.
On his part, Adebutu said he would tackle insecurity, unemployment, bad roads, and ensure provision of quality healthcare in the state.
The PDP governorship candidate further urged aggrieved members of the APC and members of other opposition parties to join the PDP in defeating APC in the 2023 general election.
He assured the decampees of fairness, saying “everyone has equal rights in the PDP”.
