Kwara Speaker, Danladi Receives 200 PDP Decampees To APC in Irepodun LG
The Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly, Hon Yakubu Danladi on Monday received scores of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) stakeholders, and members on Monday dumped for All Progressives Congress in Irepodun Local Government.
The decampees, numbering about two hundred were led by a former Irepodun Council Chairman during the Abdulfatah Ahmed administration, Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo popularly known as ‘Kanu’.
Danladi-Salihu who welcomed the decampees commended them for making what he described as the right choice by joining the APC and tasked them to be loyal and respect the party supremacy while assuring them of unbiased treatment from the party.
The Speaker also assured the decampees that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq would continue to do his best for the people of Kwara State irrespective of political party affiliations by sustaining his achievements across all sectors to ensure that dividends of democracy continue to spread to the nooks and crannies of the state.
Also speaking, the Kwara State APC Deputy Chairman, Hon. Abdullah Samari urged the decampees to integrate themselves from the ward levels, register formally, and work with the existing structure to move the party forward.
Speaking on behalf of the decampees who are mostly from Omu Auran wards 1, 2, and 3, Hon. Muyiwa Oladipo popularly known as ‘Kanu’ who was the Executive Chairman of Irepodun Local Government between 2017-2019 explained that their defection to the progressive party was in recognition of the sterling performance of Governor AbdulRazaq and expressed readiness to support him so that he can do more.
On the entourage of the Speaker to receive the decampees were the members; Hon Olushola Odetundun (Irepodun) Hon. Mohammed Baba Salihu (Okuta/Yashikira) and Hon. Abolarin Ganiyu Gabriel (Ekiti)
Others are Commissioner for Planning; Hon. Aliyu Kora Sabi Dudu, Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development; Hon. Abdullah Abubakar Bàtà, Hon. Adams Rufai, Hon. Abubakar Buhari Saddiq and host of others.