48 ‎hours to gov election, Ogun PDP chieftain, Salako defects to APC

Less than 48 hours to Saturday’s Governorship and State House of Assembly Election, a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ogun State, Apostle Dave Salako on Thursday dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Party (APC).

Apostle Salako ‎who was a two-term member of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011 represented Remo Federal Constituency of Ogun State and vied for the Ogun East Senatorial District under the PDP in the party’s primaries.

This came barely 24 hours after another two-term member of the House of Representatives and the candidate of the party in the Ogun Central Senatorial District ‎in the just concluded National Assembly election, Hon Jelili Kayode Amusan dumped the party for APC ahead of the Saturday’s polls.

An associate of Apostle Salako told the Tribune Online in confidence that the former lawmaker was actually moving to the ruling party along with his thousands of supporters across the state following the lingering crisis that had been rocking the party which had defiled all possible solutions.

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When contacted during a telephone interview on Thursday, Salako confirmed the development, saying that his defection was with an immediate effect after due consultations with the members of his political family in the state and across the country.

Apostle Salako stated that he was moving to the APC with his political structures to rally support for the Governorship candidate of the party in the Saturday’s election, Prince Dapo Abiodun and the candidates of the party in State House of Assembly Election‎.

He, therefore, called on his supporters and the people of the state irrespective of their political parties to rally support for the APC in the elections for the even development and the progress of the state.

Hon Amusan had while announcing his exit from the PDP in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital on Wednesday said that he was leaving to support the candidature of Prince Abiodun in the election in the overall interest of the state.