About 1500 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area, Lagos, on Friday, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
- The new members were received by Olusola Sokunle, representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency I at the Lagos State House of Assembly and the APC Chairman in the LGA, Alhaji Olamide Kasali.
- Sokunle, who was elected into the Assembly on the platform of PDP, had in February, alongside six other lawmakers, defected to the ruling party on the floor of the House.
- The lawmakers had cited the performance of Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode and the leadership style of the Speaker of the Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, as reasons for their defection.
- The defectors were led by a PDP chieftain in the council, Fola Mosaku, and four councillorship candidates of the party in the July 22 council polls in the state.
Sokunle said: “APC is a party to belong to, where our political aspirations can be achieved. So, endeavour to frequently attend political meetings in your wards.
“Let us thank Governor Ambode for giving Oshodi a facelift. More projects are still on the way.
“The door is still open for other interested PDP members to join us.”
- He said that the APC-led government had performed beyond expectations, with various development projects executed in different parts of the state.
- Also welcoming the defectors, Kasali assured them that APC would ensure their interests were protected.
- The party chairman said that the party would soon begin its membership registration in the wards.
Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Mosaku said: “We dumped the PDP for APC because of the performance of our Honourable Sokunle.
“We are also motivated by the performance of APC government in Lagos; we will not make any u-turn back to the PDP.
“Four councillorship candidates in the last local government election and I are leading other members of PDP to APC today.
“We are joining APC permanently,” Mosaku said.
What we think: As 2019 approaches, a lot of politicking will definitely be seen.
Parties will want more members in, so more citizens will be reached out to.
However, as already mentioned, it is all politicking or politricking as the case may be and that is not what Nigerians want to see.
It should no longer be about ‘taking over power’, it should be about doing the job.
Politicians and party members, in this case, should stop seeing politics as a career.
BABA OBJ’ HAVE SINCE 2014 TORNED THE UMBRELLA BEYOND REPAIR TILL TODAY. PRACTICALLY DEAD PARTY PDP IS NOW A GRAVEYARD/REGIONAL WIKE’s PARTY. PDP CAN.T WIN 9 STATES IN 2019