JUST IN: Deadly blow for PDP as Ondo speaker, 3 lawmakers join ruling APC

JUST IN: Deadly blow for PDP as Ondo speaker, 3 lawmakers join ruling APC

The already troubled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recorded another major loss on Monday, April 3, 2017 with the defection of the speaker of the Ondo state House of Assembly, Bamidele Oloyelogun.

The speaker joined the APC with three of his colleagues

Oloyelogun, who was recently elected by his colleagues, dumped the party with three of his colleagues and joined the now ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

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Sahara Reporters gave the names of the other defected lawmakers to include Iroju Ogundeji (Odigbo constituency), Ayodeji Arowole (Owo constituency I), and Olusegun Akinmutokin (Irele constituency). The speaker, a second-term member of the House, represents Ifedore constituency.

The report said the defectors were received by the secretary to the Ondo state government, Ifedayo Abegunde, at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the governor's office in Akure, the capital of the state.

Oloyelogun explained that they decided to move over to the ruling APC due to the lingering crisis in the PDP both in the state and at the national level just as he also revealed that the other lawmakers, mostly loyal to the Jumoke Akindele's faction of the PDP, have already showed their interest to also join the APC due to the PDP crisis.

NAIJ.com reports that the PDP had been in crises since the party lost the 2015 general election to the APC at the centre.

At the national level, the party is factionalised between Ali Modu Sheriff and Ahmed Makarfi.

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"As a result of the the crisis in our formal party, PDP, we have all decided to join the fold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after a series of considerations.

"The All Progressives Congress is the ruling party in Ondo state as at today and for peace to rein in the state and in the Assembly, we have taken the step to join them in developing the state," one of the defectors was reported as saying.

The report further said the defectors would officially make the announcement on the floor of the House on Tuesday, April 4.

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