The ‘political porting’ happening in Nigeria has still not stopped as 16 local council chairmen in Kwara State announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, on Friday.
They were also followed to their new party by their 194 Councillors.
The decampees, under the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter in Ilorin on Friday jointly declared their allegiance to the APC.
According to the Protem Chairman, ALGON, Kwara State chapter, Abdulateef Okandeji, they left the PDP because of the crisis rocking the PDP at the national level.
Speaking, Okandeji stated that, “I recall that following the refusal and failure of the national leaders of the PDP to address the observations and complaints of its founding members especially about the lawlessness, impunity and injustice which had become the norm and which led to the factionalisation of the PDP, our leaders decided to team up in what is known as the new PDP under the national Chairmanship of our own Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje.
“After exhaustive consultations and deliberations by our leaders spearheaded by Senator Bukola Saraki, it was unanimously decided that the best option for us would be to merge with the newly formed APC and work together in the overall interest of the good people of this country towards the advancement of democracy.”
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