By Gbenga Sodeinde
A stalwart of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has led over 3,000 of the party’s members in every nook and cranny of Ekiti State to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former SDP stalwart, Mr. Wale Alade-Oba, who was SDP State organising secretary and current National welfare secretary of the party, today dumped the party in the preparation for Ekiti 2022 governorship election.
At the defection ceremony in Igede Ekiti, Alade-Oba who was also PDP House of Representatives aspirant in 2019 election, said he decided to move his teeming supporters to the APC because SDP has become a hard-sell among the people of the state.
According to him, “we are very tired of the SDP and the manipulation of the leadership and we decided to leave, and they are totally dead in my local government and across the state”.
He described the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi as a man with the fear of God and uncommon humility that endears many to him, saying without mincing words APC is the party to beat in the next year election.
The defection ceremony was graced by the APC bigwigs across the state include, Bar Paul Omotoso, Ekiti State APC Chairman, Mr Eleshin Ekiti State APC Vice chairman; Hon David Olusoga, SA Political to Ekiti State Governor, Mr Bamidele Gabriel, APC state treasurer, Hon Femi Akindele, Member House of Assembly, Irepodun/Ifelodun constituency one.
Others are Hon Azeez Awolokun, Commissioner, Civil Service Commission, Hon Akin Otiko, Chairman Ekiti State Traditional board, Hon Babatola Ogundana, VC Irepodun/Ifelodun LG and Hon Opeyemi Agbede, SA to Ekiti State Chief of Staff.