2023: Ex-Ondo Commissioner, 3500 APC members defect to PDP

The former Commissioner for Water Resources in Ondo State, Mts Yetunde Adeyanju has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Adeyanju a former member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) moved to PDP alongside 3500 of her supporters.

She stated that all is not well with the APC where she was the former leader of Women Groups.for.Akeredolu’s campaign organisation in 2016 and 2020.

Speaking at a grand ceremony held in her honour at the PDP Secretariat in Ore, Ondo State, Adeyanju said, she can no longer pretend that all is well with the APC.

“The APC has brought so much suffering to the people that, anybody with sympathy for people must exit the party” Adeyanju said.

She was received into the PDP by the State Chairman of the party, Hon. Fatai Adams supported by Governorship Candidate of PDP in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adeputu, Deputy Gov-Elect of Osun State Hon. Kola Adewusi and Dr. Eddy Olafeso.

The long list of those who joined the PDP from Odigbo include:
Hon. Ayodele Joseph, former Local Government Chairman, Hon. Taye Oguniyi, former Local Government Vice Chairman, Hon.Sunday Akinjiyan and many others.

The decampees who were well attired in a special Ankara fabric danced and sang to the admiration of the guests.

According to a statement signed by the PDP state Director Of Media & Publicity,
Leye Igbabo, an approval for the use of Government Field, Ore for the event, was earlier withdrawn without any reason, after payment of N200,000.00, which was not refunded.