Kwara: Saraki's loyalist, Wahab Issa dumps PDP, joins APC

Date: 2023-03-16

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, and loyalist of Senator Bukola Saraki, in Kwara State, Wahab Issa has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.

The development is seen by political observers as a dramatic step that further depletes the main opposition PDP ahead of the crucial elections in next Saturday's crucial gubernatorial and house of assembly elections.

Wahab Issa, one of the strongest allies of the Saraki dynasty, who was the PDP candidate for the Ilorin East/South House of Representatives election on February 25, 2023, lost to the APC's candidate, Yinka Aluko.

Rumour mills had gone wild on Wahab's defection bid, even as dozens of Sarakites jumped the ship after the crushing defeat meted to the opposition PDP by the APC in the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections which the ruling APC party won 100%.

Wahab Issa, reportedly and finally met with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday to seal his defection to the governing APC, raising questions about the future of a dynasty that has failed to regain traction since its first-ever defeat in 2019.

The last few days have seen hundreds of opposition elements defecting to the ruling APC, all of them hinging their decision on the “excellent performance” of Governor AbdulRazaq who is standing for re-election in the Saturday's election.

Some of the leading defectors included Senator Suleiman Makanjuola Ajadi of ADC; former commissioner for Sports Kale Ayo; former Commissioner Aisha Ahman Patigi; PDP's Haruna Likpata; former council chairman and senior legislative aide to Saraki Wasiu Bamidele; and Saraki's cousin Ope Saraki; among several others.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kayode Zubair     Rihanat Ajia     Alapado     Kemi Adeosun     Matthew Babaoye     Abubakar Aliagan     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Hassan Taiye Salam     Abubakar Imam     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Dan Iya     Imam Gambari     Kunbi Titiloye     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Ahmed \'Lateef     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     College Of Health     Aminu Adisa Logun     Kolawole Akande     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Roseline Oni Aremu     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     New Naira Notes     Senate Presidency     Toyin Saraki     Assayomo     Young Progressives Party     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Plat Technologies     Folashade Omoniyi     Umar Gunu     Bola Shagaya     Ayedun     KWAFFA     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Jumoke Gafar     Lafiagi     Madawaki     Lai Gobir     FOMWAN     Bashir Adigun     Ganiyu Abolarin     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Kuliyan Geri     Saad Belgore     Galland Marcias     KWASEIC     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Sabo-Oke     Yemi Osinbajo     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Ilota     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Oja-Oba     Niyi Ogundiran     CACOVID Palliatives     Danladi     Jaigbade Alao     T And K FOODS     Oba Abu     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Awwal Jawondo     Erin-ile     ITEM 7     Valsolar Consultoria     Ilorin Curfew     Najim Yaasin     SARS     Emir Of Kano     IQRA College     Jelili Yusuf     Alaiye     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Razak Atunwa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sulu Gambari     Ejidongari     Young Progressives Party     Hamidu Olowo     Read With Me     Bilikis Oladimeji     Labour Party     Alimi     Shuaibu Yaman     Congress For National Consensus     Baboko     Kale Belgore     Hajj     Sa\'ad Alanamu     George Innih     Lanre Jimoh     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Offorjama     Mukhtar Shagaya     Tosho Yaqub     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Okanlawon Musa     March 18     Share/Tsaragi     Arik     Hassan Saliu     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Alliance For Democracy     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Dorcas Afeniforo     Atunwa     KWASEIC     Plat Technologies     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Crystal Corner Shops     Baba Issa     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Oloje     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     CACOVID     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Daud Adeshola     Bello Oyebanji     Olawuyi     ARMTI     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Lafiagi     Kayode Ibrahim     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     James Kolo     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Yusuf A. Usman     IsDB     IEDPU     Ibrahim Akaje     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Www.Kwarareports.com     Earlyon Technologies     Rashidi Yekini     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Maigida     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Goodluck Jonathan     Ike Ekweremadu     Umar Adelodun     Oniwasi Agbaye     MATTA Girls Foundation     Press Release     Aso-ofi     Mohammed Halidu     Kamaldeen Gambari