Trouble for Tinubu as Ex-Commissioner, Other Popular APC Chieftains Defect to PDP in Southwest State

• The ruling APC has lost some of its prominent members, including a commissioner who recently resigned, in Ondo state
• Yetunde Adeyanju, the immediate past commissioner for water resources, defected to the PDP alongside other party chieftains
• Speaking on why she defected, the former commissioner said ruling APC has brought so much suffering to the people

Ore, Ondo state - Yetunde Adeyanju, the immediate past commissioner for water resources in Ondo state, Yetunde Adeyanju, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

Adeyanju had resigned from the cabinet of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu a few weeks ago.

She defected to the opposition party, with the former chairman of the local government, Taye Oguniyi, and many other APC chieftains and their supporters across the state, The Punch reported.

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Legit.ng gathers that the defection took place at the PDP Secretariat in Ore, in Odigbo local government area of Ondo state.

All is not well with the APC - Adeyanju

Adeyanju said as a leader of the women groups for Akeredolu’s campaign in 2016 and 2020, she could no longer pretend that all is well with the APC-led government, hence her action.

“The APC has brought so much suffering to the people that anybody with sympathy for people must exit the party," she said.

She was received into the PDP by the state chairman of the party, Fatai Adams; the state governorship candidate of PDP, Ladi Adeputu; and some other party leaders in the southwest.

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In another related development, one of the chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta state, Prince Gabriel Nwanazia, has moved with over 200 defectors to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Nwanazia who defected to APC on Saturday, September 24, at the Aniocha North local government area of the state alongside his supporters said he moved to APC as a result of unresolved crises in PDP.

“I am a strong PDP mobiliser, a great supporter but today I decided to move my over two hundred supporters to APC. PDP does not keep agreement, I have worked for PDP over the years, I have delivered for PDP in all elections in Aniocha North," he said.

Source: Legit.ng