22nd June, 2018
Joke Adeleye/Abeokuta
Over 10,000 members of the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State have defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The defectors were said to be loyalists of Senator Olamilekan Adeola (a.k.a. Yayi).
This was made known during the swearing in of new members by the ADC.
According to one of the leaders of the Yayi Movement, Alhaji Nurudeen Olaleye, 90 per-cent of the gathering who came from six local government areas in Ogun central of the state were members of Yayi’s movement who picked interest in ADC and in its governorship aspirant, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka (GNI).
“We have come to stay in ADC and support GNI, nothing can take us back,” he vowed.
Olaleye also expressed optimism that GNI would emerge winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state.
Isiaka who contested the governorship race twice in the state under the platform of the Peoples Party of Nigeria in 2011 and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015 recently defected to the ADC.
In his speech, the party’s Contact and Mobilisation Committee chairman said that ADC was a moving train that can never be stopped and appealed to other members of PDP and APC to join the party.
“ADC is a moving train, we are committed and determined to create a safe platform for everyone and every elective posts in the state is available for everyone who is willing,” he stated.
Prince Isiaka, in his address, expressed optimism of winning the coming governorship eelction in the state.
According to GNI, ADC is a better platform for him to contest and lead with transparency to meet the needs of the people.
“The potential of Ogun State is greater than what we see today. It is far beyond road infrastructure, education and employment. Other variables need to be considered. These are what we will address in 2019,“ he said.