CHAIRMAN, Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Henry Ajomale, has said 17 more chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state were undergoing screening before they would qualify to be admitted to APC fold in few days’ time.
He spoke on Saturday at the APC secretariat, while welcoming two key PDP leaders in Ibeju-Lekki, and a former PDP House of Representatives aspirant, including Chief Bode Oyedele, Alhaji Yahaya Adeniyi Dosunmu and Honourable Tony Bakare.
Oyedele is a former permanent secretary in the state and former Presidential Adviser on Ecology under former President Goodluck Jonathan, while Alhaji Dosunmu is a former treasurer of the Alliance for Democracy under the chairmanship of Alhaji Rafiu Ogunleye who later became the state deputy governor.
Speaking at the event, attended by other APC stalwarts, including former Speaker Ikuforiji Olubi, Chief Tola Kasali, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, Alhaji Ogunleye, Cardinal Odunmbaku (Baba Eto), Dr Olorunfunmi Bashorun, among others, Ajomale, while acknowledging the strong political standing of the defectors, said 17 other PDP chieftains were eager to do so.
Responding, Chief Oyedele recalled efforts made by several leaders of APC to woo him back into APC and commended the infrastructural development the state government had brought to his areas.