Barely two days to the presidential
election, the Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, has dumped the
Peoples Democratic
Party for the rival All Progressives Congress in the state.
In a statement on Thursday, Olanusi
said, “While still being in place as the democratically elected Deputy Governor
of Ondo State, I have decided to lead my teeming supporters and well wishers in
the state into the All Progressive Congress where we can find justice,
fairness, equity and democratic liberty, a party to which majority of our kith
and kins in Yorubaland belong.
“I have taken this decision at this
critical time, in the best interest of peace, stability and good governance of
our dear state and for the overall development of the South West and the
nation.”
Although, Olanusi had been having a
running battle with Governor Olusegun Mimiko, even while they were in the
Labour Party, the duo managed to stay together until Thursday when he left the
ruling party.
The state government has said the
defection of Olanusi to the APC was his right to political affiliation.
A statement by the Commissioner for
Information, Kayode Akinmade, on Thursday in Akure noted that although the
government received the news with surprise, noting that it had nothing to worry
about.
“The state government just received
the news of the defection of Alhaji Ali Olanusi, the Deputy Governor of Ondo
State to the All Progressive Congress.
“Though, it came as a surprise, government
acknowledges his right to determine his political affiliation and wishes him
well,” Akinmade said.
Source:Punch Newspaper
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