…Declare Support For Atiku/JANDOR
Hundreds of the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State, on Tuesday dumped party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The decampees declared support for the candidature of the PDP’s governorship candidate, Olajide Adediran (JANDOR), his running mate, Funke Akindele and the presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Head, Media and Communications, JANDOR4Governor Campaign Organizations, Mr Gbenga Ogunleye, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday.
Ogunleye said ” he defection was consequent upon what they described as the unending deceit and deception within the party which they said, has not only caused harm to their personal development as politicians but also dangerous for the entrenchment of internal democracy within a political party and the state at large.
” The JANDOR/Funke Gubernatorial Campaign Organization has described this development as a further indication of the wide support that the PDP, her presidential, guber, and other candidates enjoy from the good people of Lagos State”.
The State Deputy Chairman, Mr Tai Benedict, who welcomed the decampees, commended them for their courage to quit the ruling party to join efforts with the PDP in salvaging the state from 23 years of neglect and bad governance.
Benedict assured them sense of belonging as members of the party, saying that their rights and privileges would not be denied for being new members.
He noted that there was no new entrant in PDP and that all bonafide members were equal stakeholders with no limits to what they could aspire to or get from the party.
Also commending the large numbers of defectors, a prominent leader of the party in Epe Local Government, Alh. Mutaz enjoined the group to hit the ground running in the mobilization of voters at the grassroots from their zones and wards.
He promised them that the breath of fresh air agenda of the party’s governorship candidate would transform their painful experience in the APC.
