Ondo | 2,000 APC Members Defect To PDP

 

In less than one week after the country’s major opposition party, All Progressive Congress Party (APC) lost 1,500 of its members to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, another 2,000 members have defected.
According to Daily Independent, the defection took place at the weekend during a campaign rally personally led by the state’s Governor, Olusegun Mimiko in Okitipupa and Ilaje local government areas of the state.
Mimiko, who is the coordinator of the PDP presidential campaign for Southwest organized the campaign rallies to mobilise support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election as well as other candidates of the party in the state.
The governor said the dominance of the PDP in the state is total, and urged the people to make sure they vote massively for President Jonathan.
During the rally in Okitipupa, the 2,000 members of the APC, led by Mrs Grace Adenuga, Mr Ejobe Friday, Mr Fagbounle  Olakunle and Mr  Sunday Omoyeye, joined the PDP.