Kwara ANRP gov candidate, PDP leaders defect to APC

Date: 2019-03-04

Less than six days to the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, the governorship candidate of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party in Kwara State, Dr. AbdulMumeen Yinka Ajia, has decamped to the All Progressives Congress.

Also, Hon Bamidele Aluko, PDP leader in Badari Ward of Ilorin West, the most populated local government area in Kwara State, on Sunday dumped his Peoples Democratic Party for APC.

While the ANRP governorship candidate announced his defection in a signed statement, Hon Aluko, who was a former member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, made his own declaration at a rally held at the ECWA Primary School, Oja-Iya, Ilorin, on Sunday.

Ajia, a leading candidate with appreciable following among the youth, said in a statement at the weekend in Ilorin that AbdulRazaq's victory will turn the page for the political history of Kwara.

Ajia who also announced his immediate resignation from the ANRP and movement to the APC, explained that "the situation in Kwara is really not about party but about our struggle against retrogressive leadership as a people."

He called on his supporters to deliver their bloc votes for the APC governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak.

Ajia, while declaring his support for Abdulrazak, said, "I have also gone through his manifesto and I am assured that the progressive, people-centred Kwara that I envisioned can be kick-started under his leadership.

Aluko, leader of the PDP defectors at Oja-Iya, was chairman of the Kwara United Football Club and the PDP leader in Badari Ward of Ilorin West, the most populated local government area in Kwara State.

Other top defectors included Alao Abdulyekeen, another PDP top gun from Baboko area of Ilorin; and Akeem Dare, youth leader from Balogun Fulani Ward 1.

Also on Sunday in Ilorin, over 500 PDP members from Asa LGA joined the APC.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

James Ayeni     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Jare Olatundun     CCT     Orisun Igbomina     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Emir Of Yashikira     Gbemi Saraki     Wole Oke     Opobiyi     Ilorin Amusement Park     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Kwara Liberation Group     Kwara South     Saidu Kawu     Amuda Aluko     Mohammed Lawal     Demola Banu     Afonja Descendants Union     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Olatinwo     TETFUND     Abdulhakeem Amao     Yusuf Abubakar     Ayo Opadokun     Samari     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     UNILORIN Alumni     Kwara 2015     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     CCB     United Nigeria Airline     Salihu Ajia     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Ibrahim Akaje     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Najim Yaasin     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Bamidele Adegoke     Garment Factory     Awoye     Hamidu Olowo     Adeola Abraham     Col. Taiwo     AGM Professional Services     Women Radio     Issa Baba     S.O. Opowoye     Abatemi-Usman     Oke-Ogun     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     TESCOM 2025     Saidu Isa     Garba Idris Ajia     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Fatimoh Lawal     Islamic Development Bank     Tunde Saad     Bankole Omisore     Ahman Pategi     Ifelodun     Rasaq Jimoh     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Ilota     Bureau Of Lands     Labour Party     Tunde Yusuf     Diagnostic Centre     Alliance For Democracy     KWASSIP     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Abraham Ojo     Alaiye     Okiki     Awodun     Oloyede    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Olaosebikan     NIPOGA     Muazam Nayaya     John Olajide Adedipe     Yakubu Dogara     Salman Jawondo     Offa Descendants Union     Buhari     Shettima Of Ilorin     Atunwa     Rex Olawoye     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Nigerian Correctional Service     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Grillo     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Olofa Of Offa     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Henry Olaosebikan     Shero     Omar Bolaji Gambari     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Voices Of Tomorrow     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Erubu     Edu     Mike Omotosho     Ademola Kiyesola     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Bello Oyebanji     Lola Ashiru     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Tunji Arosanyin     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     KWASSIP     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Haliru Yahaya     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Principal Private Secretary     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Folorunsho Alao     Ijagbo Health Centre     Tuesday Assayomo     Ope Saraki     Lanre Olosunde     College Of Health     Iqra Books     Al-Ilory     SWAN     Okanlawon Musa     Ifelodun     CT Ayeni     Maryam Ado Bayero     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Haliru Dantoro     Irepodun     Bilikisu Gambari     Nnazua     Kwara United     Patience Jonathan     Ajayi Okasanmi     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     International Aviation College     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Timothy Akangbe     Amosa     MAI Akande     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Emmanuel Bello     Shehu Adaramaja