Over 2,000 members of the ‘Idera De’ Political Group at Isanlu in
Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State have defected to the All
Progressives Congress (APC) as they promised to work for the party’s success in the governorship
election.
The group’s leader, Toyin Akanle, who led members to join the APC at a
ceremony at the council headquarters at Isanlu, said it would be a
political suicide to stand against the “wind of change blowing across
the state and country.”
Akanle, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the
Kogi West Senatorial District poll during the general elections, said it
became imperative to formally defect to the APC so as not to be left
out.
He said: “We are here to formally join the APC because we cannot
afford to miss out on the change happening around us. The writing is
clear on the wall. It will be a political suicide not to join the change
train and follow in the direction the wind of change is blowing in Kogi
State.”
Akanle said the group would work for the success of the party in the
governorship election scheduled for November 21.
Receiving them into the APC, ex-Acting Governor Clarence Olafemi said
with the kind of “defectors made up of strong politicians from the
western axis, it is obvious that the party will record success at the
polls.”
He slammed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led administration for squandering the over N3.7 billion he left in the
state’s coffers.
Olafemi said: “I left N3.7 billion in the account after serving as an
acting governor. Besides, I raised N400million for the state within
three months. These were wasted by my PDP successors, who were more interested in developing their pockets than developing the state.”
He dispelled rumour that he was interested in becoming the running
mate of Prince Abubakar Audu, one of the leading aspirants for the APC ticket, saying: “I’m not looking for deputy governor. I am qualified to be a governor. I cannot relegate myself to a deputy governor, having served as a governor in an acting
capacity”.
Olafemi enjoined new and old members to see themselves as one and
work towards APC’s victory at the polls.
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