As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grapples with factional crisis at the national level, the fortune of the party depleted in Ogun State on Tuesday as scores of its chieftains across the 20 local government areas of the state defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The defectors were received at the Gateway Hall, Ibara GRA, Abeokuta by Governor Ibikunle Amosun, the state House of Assembly Speaker, Suraj Adekunbi, and the state APC interim chairman, Alhaji Ola Bello.
Those who defected include a former House of Representatives member, Kazeem Salako; former state House of Assembly members, Tokunbo Oshin and Adekunle Adegboyega; former PDP governorship aspirant, Chief Kola Lawal; former chairman of Yewa North local government area, Prince Bolaji Aretola and Otunba Fatai Sowemimo.
Others were former special adviser to ex-House of Representatives Speaker, Chief Kayode Odunaro; former special assistant to ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel on Local Government Matters, Elder Tokunbo Fakeye; former chairman, Abeokuta South local government area, Chief Dare Gbolahan; former PDP State Auditor, Adisa Ajayi, Chief Dele Oderinde, and Afolabi Afuape.
Most of them said they were motivated by the exemplary leadership and commendable performance of the governor in the last two years.
Amosun expressed satisfaction with the decision of the defectors, urging them to mobilise their supporters for the success of the programmes and policies of the state government.
He said his administration hit the ground running from inception and had recorded many developmental projects to attract investors and other well-meaning people to the state.
The governor, who said APC was poised to take over power at the federal level 2015, noted that the current crisis bedeviling the ruling PDP was a blessing to the APC.
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