Ahead of Osun guber election, 4 lawmakers defect from APC to ADC

macfranc007 September 03, 2018 Nigeria News today & Breaking news ▷ Read Naija news 24/7 Rahaman Abiola

- A few days to the Osun guber election, four members of the Osun state House of Assembly have defected from APC to ADC

- They cited neglect and insensitivity in the APC government as reason for their action

- They said only the ADC can deliver the Osun people's clamour for change

As the Osun state gubernatorial election draws nearer, the political tension in the state has soared up to an incredible height as gale of defections still continues to rock the state's political space.

Recently a lawmaker representing Odo Otin constituency, Oyediran Olaoluwa, and three other lawmakers at the Osun State House of Assembly have decided to pitch their tents with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) after a fallout with the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Olaoluwa who led the defection is from the same constituency with the former governor of the state , Olagunsoye Oyinlola.

Shedding light on the reasons for his defection, the lawmaker said he left his former party due to the problem of the insensitivity in the Aregbesola-led government and the neglect the people of the state were subjected to by the ruling party, Punch reported.

Oyediran said: “The APC has neglected and cheated the people of Osun without recourse to justice and equity. In this way, any right thinking individual or representative of the people ought to uphold fairness which only the African Democratic Congress is ready to provide.

“I am using this medium and veritable opportunity to recommend the ADC as a better alternative to bringing prosperity and happiness to citizens of Osun State.

NAIJ.com gathers that apart from Olaoluwa , other three lawmakers who also left the ruling party to the oppositions the same day are: Debo Akanbi representing Ede North, Tajudeen Famuyide representing Ilesa West and Abdulahi Ibrahim representing the Iwo constituency.

The chairman of ADC in the Omoluabi state, Adelakin, while receiving those who defected with the lawmakers, said his party will provide an equal ground and justice for the defectors. He said: "The ADC is for all. This, I can assure our new members who joined us today. We don’t segregate here and we don’t operate like cults. We are one big indivisible family. So in the like manner, we are assuring our new members to see themselves as part of this wonderful family from the outset.”

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NAIJ.com previously reported that the Akwa Ibom governor has lost another of his aides, Utibe Idem to the ruling party APC.

Idem who is the special assistant on project monitoring to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom announced his defection from the PDP to the APC, adding that he has no choice than defecting to a party that can deliver the desired changed in the state .

He and other defectors were received into the APC by the state chairman of the party, Ini Okopido, in Nsit Ubium local government area at a mega rally, and reception in honour of Umana Umana, who is the APC 2015 governorship candidate in the state.

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