Ondo Guber! PDP Recieves 6,000 APC Decampees

No fewer than 6,000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Idanre local government area of Ondo State yesterday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) daily sun reports.

The defectors claimed that their decision to dump the All Progressives Congress(APC) was as a result of their love for the candidate of the PDP, Mr Eyitayo Jegede.

The new PDP members also promised to support Jegede in his desire to rule the state, even as they declared their readiness to work for the PDP ahead of the poll.

The defectors from APC led by Mr Adebowale Olowoeye said the APC candidate, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu was not a popular candidate to win the election.

In his Ofosu Onisere ward alone, Olowoeye led 86 former members of the APC to the PDP.

The defectors from Ala ward in the same local government area numbering over 1000 were led to their new party by  Bidemi Oladapo reputed to be one of the most influential members of the APC in the area.

Abayomi Akinsolie said they took the action as the “Eyitayo Jegede’s wind blowing across the state is too real to be ignored.”

At the event which took place at the Broad Street in Idanre, Ebonyi, Kwara and Osun natives who are apolitical but resident in the area took turns to declare support for PDP and its standard bearer, Jegede.

Artisans, mainly fashion designers also took turns to declare for the PDP and its candidate on the occasion.

Receiving the defectors, the  state Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko thanked them for their decision to join hands with true progressives to ensure that the state maintains its model status. Represented by his Chief of Staff, Dr Kola Ademujimi, Mimiko said  the support given his government by the people of the area is commendable, adding that there are enough signs on ground to suggest

that they will extend  their unfettered support for him to the PDP candidate.