Ogun: Ex-PDP deputy governorship candidate, Akinlade joins APC

…says PDP’s crisis is beyond redemption

The Ogun State Deputy Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Adekunle Akinlade, popularly known as Triple A, on Tuesday, announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Akinlade made this announcement a week after he resigned his membership from the PDP.

In a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, explained that he left PDP following a “persistent and unresolved internal crises” within the state chapter of the PDP.

Akinlade who was also governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement (APM) in the 2019 election had left the APC in the build up to the 2023 election.

However, speaking with journalists in Abeokuta on Tuesday, Akinlade announced that he is joining the APC alongside his loyalists from the PDP.

He said the decision was taken unanimously after a meeting held on Tuesday with the agreement to align with Governor Dapo Abiodun as the leader of the party.

Akinlade said PDP’s crisis has gone beyond redemption.

He said “The whole APM family that went to PDP with me, we have all decided that we are going back to APC and by tonight or tomorrow we will try to meet with the Governor and once we have met with the Governor, we will tell him about the decision we have made today that we are back home. We believe that the family will have an open hand to accommodate us back into the fold. Governor Dapo Abiodun is the leader of the party, we are going to align with that leadership. Aremo Olusegun Osoba is the father of party, we will align with that. So, we will align with the party fully and whoever is a member of the party who falls into that leadership, we will work with that person.”

Speaking on the planned coalition by major political figures, he described those behind the move as group of vindictive and ambitious politicians who have nothing to offer Nigeria.

He said many of the proponents of coalition are former governors, ministers and government officials who hungry for powers and financial privileges they enjoyed while in government.