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PDP suffers major loss in Kwara as over 2,500 defect ahead of governorship election

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered another huge loss in Kwara state on Sunday, March 3, as at least 2,500 of its members dumped its fold and joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The defection is coming barely a week to the governorship and House of Assembly elections and just after presidential and National Assembly polls that got Bukola Saraki, the president of the Senate defeated.

The defection, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported, took place in Ilorin West and Asa local government of Kwara.

The report said while over 2, 000 PDP members defected in Ilorin, 500 defected to the APC in Asa local government.

The defection was led by leader of the group, Bamidele Aluko, a former member of the state House of Assembly and a staunch foot soldier of Senator Bukola Saraki.

It was learnt that they were received by chieftains of APC, Alhaji Kunle Suleiman and Olawoyin Magaji.

According to the report, Aluko, was a chairman of the Kwara United Football Club and the PDP leader in Badari Ward of Ilorin West.

Some of the defectors were mentioned as Alhaji Alao Abdulyekeen from Baboko area of Ilorin, and Akeem Dare youth leader from Balogun Fulani ward 1.

“Worst still, people are tired of leaders who see everything from their own comfort zone.

“People are tired of the status quo. They are angry and fed up with dictatorial leadership and the result is what you just said,” Aluko said.

Meanwhile, the governorship candidate of the ANRP in Kwara, AbdulMumeen Ajia, has also declared support for the governorship candidate of the APC, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

“The situation in Kwara is really not about party, but our struggle against retrogressive leadership as a people.

“I have also gone through his manifesto and I am assured that the progressive, people-centred Kwara that I envisioned can be kick-started under his leadership,” Ajia said.

Source: Legit.ng



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