The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State on Monday received a major boost in Ogbomoso as former Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde, Segun Ogunwuyi, and 32 other leaders of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) defected to the party.
It was reported that the defection rally at Oja’Gbo, near Soun Ogunlola Hall, drew a large crowd that brought city centre traffic to a standstill for over three hours.
Among those who joined the APC were Rasak Gbadegesin, popularly called Agbeti; Timothy Oyeniyi; Alabi Olateju; Dr Banji Folaranmi; Isaiah Adegbite; Peter Oyetunji; and Jimoh Sikiru, the APM chairman in Ogbomoso North.
Council secretaries, chiefs of staff, supervisory councillors and aides to the chairmen of Ogbomoso North, Ogbomoso South, Surulere and Ogo-Oluwa local governments also moved with them.
Ogunwuyi, who spoke for the group, said they had come to strengthen the APC and assured that the party would record a resounding victory in the Ogbomoso zone.
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The APC state Chairman, Moses Adeyemo, welcomed the defectors and promised that they would be treated equally with old members.
Folaranmi, explaining his exit, accused the governor of running the APM as a personal affair.
The APC governorship candidate, Senator Sharafadeen Alli, said the defection showed that the ruling party in the state was crumbling.
He urged the remaining APM members to follow suit.
“For the likes of Segun Ogunwuyi, Alh. Rasak Agbeti and other politicians of substance to abandon Governor Makinde, it means a lot,” he said.
Senators Ayoade Adeseun and Brimoh Yusuf, Kemi Alao-Akala, the DG of the Alli Campaign Council, Yemi Aderibigbe, and several APC candidates were among the dignitaries at the event.
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