Ogun Assembly Minority Leader, others dump PDP, join APC

Six members of the Ogun State House of Assembly elected nether the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by the Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye, person formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

The members are Lukman Adeleye, representing Odogbolu State Constituency, Dickson Awolaja, Remo-North, Lawal Samsudeen, Ogun Waterside, Waliu Owode, Ijebu-East, Oluseun Adesanya, Ijebu-North East and Damilare Bello, Sagamu I.

DAILY POST reports that they submitted a associated missive of defection from the PDP to APC, which were work by the Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, during Tuesday’s plenary astatine the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

They said their resignation from the PDP was owed to interior situation which had “increasingly hindered the effectual and capable governmental engagements”.

Also, they said the defection was driven by the request to align with a transformative and progressive level that would amended alteration them present meaningful antiauthoritarian dividends to their constituents.

The missive added, “We stay resolute successful our committedness to our legislative duties arsenic good arsenic improved payment and wide improvement of our constituents.

“We indispensable besides usage this accidental to admit the enactment and members of the House for their enactment and cooperation.

“Kindly judge this missive arsenic ...