Ogun PDP faction denies joining APC

ABEOKUTA—A faction of Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, in Ogun State loyal to former President, Chief
Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said they had
not defected to All Progressives Congress, APC.
The faction said the former President had not issued
any directive to them to move to the ruling APC in
the state.
The faction, led by Chief Okanlawon Soboyede on
behalf of the leaders of the Obasanjo faction, who
met under the aegis of the Ogun PDP Mainstream,
spoke at a briefing.
The immediate past state chairman of the party,
Chief Joju Fadairo, said all the factions of the party
would work together to ensure the success of the
party in the state in the 2015 elections.
He, however, noted that the Obasanjo faction had set
up a reconciliation committee which would meet with
the other PDP groups in the state and submit its
report to the leadership within the next seven days.
He said: "You will have heard that they said the
mainstream people who are in Baba's (Obasanjo)
camp had gone to APC. We have not gone to APC.
"Baba did not tell us to go to APC. Baba is in PDP and
we want to disabuse the minds of the people who are
saying that Obasanjo's supporters in the mainstream
have gone to APC. That is the essence of this
meeting."
Some other chieftains of the Ogun PDP Mainstream
that present at the meeting were Chief Okanlawon
Soboyede, Chief Wale Egunleti, Asiwaju Jide
Awosedo, Asiwaju Tony Ojesina, Asiwaju Yemi
Oluyomi, Engineer Tetede, Job Akintan and Abiodun
Akovoyan.
Sent From David Aniemeka