By Wasiu Owolewa
Heritagenewsng.com reports that the Executives of Ado APC ward 11 led by the Chairman, Mr Adegoke Oba have officially received one of ardent loyalists of Senator Abiodun Olujimi and member of PDP Repositioning group, Mr Jimoh Rasheed Kolawole popularly called JRK yesterday afternoon at the ward Exco meeting.
The ward Chairman who expressed his delight over the latest development said the defection of the former PDP member to APC is a welcome development and boost to the chance of the party in winning the upcoming governorship election in ward 11 and Ekiti state.
- He commended Mr Rasheed for taking the right step by firstly informing the Ward Executives of his intention to decamp to APC with his teeming supporters.
The decampee in his address said his defection was on the premise of injustice he suffered in PDP.
He stated further by expressing his readiness to work for the party’s victory come June 18th.
Mr Rasheed added that it was incumbent on him to firstly inform the ward executives of his defection before the official declaration which will follow in no distant time.
One of the ward leaders and former Chairman of Ado APC ward 11 and mother of the decampee, Alhaja Kudirat Jimoh expresses her profound appreciation for the warm reception accorded her son by the ward executives and assured them that Mr Jimoh Rasheed will never flout the rules and regulations of the party and accord them the optimum respect.
She pleaded to the executives to give her son the full support.
Members of the executive who spoke during Mr Rasheed’s declaration gave him the kudos for taking the right step at the right time and prayed for his success in APC.
In company of Mr Rasheed to the Exco meeting include his friends and supporters.