Kwara PDP chairman, members quit en masse to APC, slam Saraki as 'anathema'

Date: 2018-08-02

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, formerly members of the All Progressives Congress, will be inheriting an empty house as they moved into the Kwara Peoples Democratic Party, as a long foreseen reverse movement has occurred.

Members of the PDP in Kwara led by the state Chairman, Mr Iyiola Oyedepo, on Wednesday announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chief Rex Olawoye, the Publicity Secretary of the party, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin.

"I hereby officially announce the exit of our members from PDP to APC," he said.

Olawoye, who described Senate President Bukola Saraki as an "anathema" said PDP members in the state could not work with him.

NAN reports that Saraki formally announced his exit from the APC on Tuesday.

Olawoye said with the defection, all political structures of the PDP at the ward, local government and state levels had moved to the APC.

The spokesman appealed to all party members to maintain peace and orderliness in their conduct and behaviour.

"Unity is the primary ingredient that can make those of us coming from the PDP and leftover of APC members to live in harmony," he added.

He said Oyedepo had met with the leadership of the PDP in Abuja and explained the resolve of party members not to work with Saraki.

Olawoye also said the chairman met with the national leadership of APC, including the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as well as other chieftains of the APC.

He added that the defecting PDP members were warmly welcomed into the APC by the party's leadership.

"Saraki and his cronies have been in the saddle of leadership of the state in the past 15 years with nothing to show for it," he said.

Olawoye called on all registered political parties in the state to team up with the APC to ensure the total liberation of the state.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olaitan Adefila     JUSUN     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Quareeb     Osi     Bukola Saraki     Basic Education Certificate Examination     ARMTI     Mutawalle     Temi Kolawole     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Sheikh Ariyibi     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Post Utme     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Babaloja-General     Omoniyi Ayinla     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Hijab     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Saka Saadu     Rebecca Bake     Rex Olawoye     LEAH Charity Foundation     Yakub Lai Gobir     Assayomo     Sa\'adu Salahu     Femi Gbajabiamila     Mutawali     Biliaminu Aliu     Apado     Yahaya Seriki     Bello Bature     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     A.E. Afolabi     Olatunde Oyeyiola     PharmAccess Foundation     Ojuekun     Edret Sabi Abel     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Amusa Bello     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Kwara University Of Education     Tinubu     IDPU     Diagnostic Centre     Ahmed \'Lateef     Balikis Jawondo     SGBN     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Mahe Abdulkadir     JAAC     Jimba Babatunde     Lanre Issa Onilu     Yomi Adeboye     KWASAA     Oniwa     Allocation     CUTI     Metro Park     Budo Egba     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Bamidele Adegoke     Kazeem Gbolagade     General Hospital, Ilorin     GANZY     Toyin Saraki     George Funsho Adebayo     Shehu Jimoh     Kaosarah Adeyi     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Omu-aran     Waheed Ibrahim     Opobiyi     A.G.F Abdulrasaq    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Salake     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Forgo Battery     Kwara 2019     Tunde Oyawoye     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Moremi High School     Bolaji Nagode     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Alanamu     Noah Yusuf     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Emir Of Ilorin     A.E. Afolabi     AGILE Programme     Local Government     Kumbi Titilope     Yahya Mohammed     Bisi Oyeleke     Sardauna     Christopher Ayeni     Ahmed Alhasssan     Okeose Christian Cementary     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Ilorin.Info     Ekweremadu     Wasiu Onidugbe     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Shehu Jimoh     Pakata Patriots     Abdulfatai Baakini     Crystal Corner Shops     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Lotus Bank     Rebecca Bake     Offa Poly     Kwara Central     Yakubu Danladi     Issa Baba     Moses Rahman Popoola     Akume     Coronavirus     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     James Ayeni     Amusa Bello     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     AbdulGafar Tosho     Folorunsho Alao     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Okoolowo     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Abraysports FC     Sulyman Tejidini     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Lucky Omoluwa     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Kawu Baraje     Danhawa     Amos Justus Sayo     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Toyin Falola     Ndama Al-hassan     Baba Isale     Moro     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Sarah Jubril     Peter Amogbonjaye     Mufti Of Ilorin     Michael Nzekwe     Agbarere     Abdulwaheed Musa