The Rauf Aregbesola-led Omoluabi Progressive Group and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered a serious setback as greater than 100 members formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ejigbo Native Authorities Space of Osun State.
The political realignment, which additionally noticed scores of PDP loyalists be part of the APC, befell throughout an official reception organized by the Ejigbo Native Authorities APC at Ilupeju Multipurpose Corridor, Ejigbo.
Receiving the defectors, the APC Apex Chief in Ejigbo and frontline gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Mudashiru Husain, described the event as each “pleasant and awe-inspiring,” notably at a time the APC is in opposition within the state.
He recommended the defectors for making what he known as the “greatest political resolution,” noting that the APC stays the one occasion with a deep dedication to social welfarism, financial transformation, and human capital improvement, as exemplified by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
In line with him, “The unprecedented variety of individuals cross-carpeting from the PDP and, notably, the Omoluabi Progressive Tendency is a product of purposeful and collective management for which I’ve been requested to spearhead by different Ejigbo progressive leaders because the Apex Chief. Our teamwork is yielding outcomes, and that is only the start.”
Husain emphasised the significance of unity amongst occasion members, stressing that the Ejigbo progressive household stands firmly behind former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and is dedicated to increasing its grassroots mobilization efforts forward of the 2026 governorship election.
On his gubernatorial ambition, Senator Husain remarked, “It’s not a do-or-die affair. Our occasion has a robust management construction and clear guidelines of engagement. I’m dedicated to consultations and due course of. I imagine I’m extremely certified, with the appropriate expertise and grassroots assist, to fly the occasion’s flag in 2026. If given the chance, I intend to appropriate the numerous missteps of the Ademola Adeleke administration and replicate President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda in Osun.”
Talking on behalf of the Omoluabi defectors, Hon. Wole Olajire mentioned their resolution to return to the mainstream progressive fold was knowledgeable by a want to depart “uncertainty for certainty.” He pledged full dedication to mobilizing assist for the APC forward of the 2026 elections.
In his personal remarks, the chief of the PDP defectors, Hon. Kareem Mubarak, criticized the ruling occasion for failing to uphold inside democracy and good governance. He maintained that the APC stays the one viable platform for true socioeconomic improvement and high quality management within the state.
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