OSUNDECIDES: JUST 4 days to D-Day, Oyinlola, 10,000 others defect to APC With less than five days to the governorship election in Osun State, the fortunes of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were significantly boosted yesterday when the embattled former governor of the state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling APC in the state. Oyinlola, a former National Secretary of the PDP, over the weekend had granted media interviews indicating that he would soon leave the PDP. He had also written to the presidency on his intention to defect to APC since the party had lost confidence in his leadership. The former governor had served as the national secretary of the ruling party until a court ruled that he was not properly elected, forcing him to step down. Shortly after his removal by the court, a crisis soon broke out in the party leading him to join a faction that described itself as the “New PDP”. Even when the Appeal Court ordered his reinstatement as the national secretary of the party, PDP ignored the court order and suspended him, citing anti-party activities. Reacting to his defection to APC yesterday, the Osun State Secretary of the party, Prince Gboyega Famodun, said Oyinlola’s defection was a big plus not only to the party, but for the people of the state. Alongside Oyinlola were over 10,000 followers from all the 30 local government areas of the state, including the area office, Modakeke. Confirming Oyinlola’s plan and that of his followers to join APC, a strong supporter of the former governor, Hon. Teslim Igbalaye, said: “His boss will defect this morning (today) to APC because some of his followers equally defected about two weeks ago.” Short URL: osundefender.org/?p=180466
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 02:25:41 +0000
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