Spare mace
No fewer than 26 lawmakers from the Ogun State House of Assembly
have defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the
Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
Dailytrust reports the aggrieved aspirants backed by Ogun State
Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, had claimed that the mandate given to
them during October 7 legislative primary of APC was stolen by the
national leadership of APC.
Amosun had specifically accused the National Chairman of APC,
Adams Oshiomhole of “perpetrating another evil” in Ogun State
barely few days after his “candidates” were not given Candidates
Form (CF001) at the expiration of submission of candidate’s names
to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abeokuta, the spokesman of
aggrieved aspirants, Lamidi Olatunji said they “have come to
inevitable conclusion to actualise their ambitions in APM.”
Our correspondent reports that the aspirants would be joining
Amosun’s anointed candidate, Adekunle Akinlade who had equally
defected to APM last Thursday, having lost APC governorship ticket
to Dapo Abiodun.
Olatunji, however, pledged their support for President Muhammadu
Buhari’s second term bid.
He said “We also wish to acknowledge the fatherly role of
President Muhammadu Buhari in seeking to sustain the tenets of
democracy fairness and equity in the resolution of the crisis in
Ogun APC.
“We regret that Mr President’s efforts were frustrated by the
forces that are hellbent in taking the Southwest back to the dark
age of slavery where unelected kingpins direct the affairs of the
people.”
He directed their supporters and admirers to move into APM as
“the new vehicle for the development of Ogun State.”
Our correspondent reports that two serving Commissioners, Dayo
Adeneye (Information and Strategy) and Modupe Mujota (Education,
Science and Technology) were among the defectors.
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