Bankole’s loyalists dump PDP, join ADP, as crisis deepens

Bankole’s loyalists dump PDP, join ADP, as crisis deepens

Crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State took a new twist on Wednesday as party members , consisting majorly loyalists of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives , Dimeji Bankole , defected to the Action Democratic Party .
Political analysts said the defection , might not be unconnected with the 2019 elections , as the ADP is being touted as a new mega party for the general elections .
The defection took place at the new party secretariat located inside the GRA , Ibara, Abeokuta , at the sidelines of an expanded stakeholders meeting of the ADP held on Tuesday .
A 72 - member protem state executive committee of the party was inaugurated .
It has a former Commissioner for Housing in the state, Chief Wale Egunleti , emerged as chairman , while a former Director of Owena River Basin Development Authority , Mr Femi Sowunmi, emerged as the acting state secretary .
Egunleti and Sowunmi are close political associates of Bankole , who is equally expected to contest 1 s the governorship seat in the state in 2019 .
It will be recalled that the Ogun state chapter of the PDP had been enmeshed in factional crisis over the years , coupled with the leadership faceoff also rocking the party at the national level .
In a statement issued on Wednesday , the ADP State Publicity Secretary , Sunday Adeleye, confirmed the expanded stakeholders meeting where the 72 - member protem executive was inaugurated .
He urged people in the state to embrace the new party , which according to him “ is poised to deliver good governance , promote transparency and abolish all sort of impunity in governance . ”

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