Ogun Assembly majority leader, three others defect to APM

Four members of the Ogun House of Assembly on Thursday resigned
their membership of the All Progressives Congress and defected to
the Allied Peoples Movement.

The lawmakers announced their defection in separate letters read
by the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Suraj Adekunbi, during a
plenary in Abeokuta.

The defectors are: the Majority Leader, Idowu Olowofuja
(Abeokuta South II); Mr. Adeyinka Mafe (Sagamu 1); the Chief Whip,
Ganiyu Oyedeji (Ifo II); and Tunde Sanusi (Obafemi Owode).

The lawmakers said in their letters that injustice by APC during
its primaries was part of their reasons for defecting.

The legislators said that they took the decision after due
consultations with their constituents and supporters.

Oyedeji said in his letter that in spite of his defection, he
would still support President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election and
would continue to support Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun.

In his response, the speaker wished them well in their new
party.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that out of the 26 members of
the House, APC now has 13, APM has four, ADC, three, and PDP,
six.

(NAN)

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