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.

Sulyman Abdulkareem     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Olabode George Towoju     Ibrahim Akaje     LABTOP     AbdulGafar Tosho     Bisi Oyeleke     Binta Abubakar Mora     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Admiralty Villa     Share/Tsaragi     COVID-19 Palliatives     Yaman     Lateef Fagbemi     Oyedepo     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     CKNG     Bello John Olanrewaju     Patigi Regatta     Durosinlohun Kawu     Adedeji Onimago     Umar Sanda Yusuf     S.O. Opowoye     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Halimah Perogi     Saka Balikis Kehinde     GAMA     Sunday Otokiti     Taofeeq Olateju     Fatimat Saliu     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Olam Food Ingredients     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Isapa     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Kwara South     SWAN     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Sango-UITH Road     Roseline Oni Aremu     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Aminu Ado Bayero     TIIDELab     Abubakar Atiku     Elewu     Abdulwahab Oba     Bluenile Associates     T And K FOODS     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Donatus Ejidike     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Idi-Ape     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Hassan Taiye Salam     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Kwara State Pension Board     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Olaoye B. Felix     Ajibike Katibi     Musa Aibinu     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Azeez Salawu     Ibrahim Abikan     Ayobami Seriki     Saka Isau     Omotosho     Tuesday Assayomo     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     KWATMA     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Mohammed Haruna     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     All Peoples Party     Kubra Kazum     First Lady     Surajudeen Akanbi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ahmed Dankaya     Magaji Nda     Saka Keji     Col. Adedipe     Bashir Adigun     Olaitan Buraimoh     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Kumbi Titilope     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Tafida     Charcoal     Toyosi Thomas     Bursary     Gbenga Olawepo     Sheikh Ariyibi     Olupako Of Share     Borgu     Funmilayo Oniwa     Musibau Akanji     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Segun Olawoyin     Ope Saraki     Sabi     Opobiyi     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Owode Market     Bayer AG     Busari Alabi Alausa     Pacify Labs     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Sun Qing Rong     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Olabimpe Olani     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Kassim Babamale     Michael Nzwekwe     Olaiya Zuberu     08001000100     Odo-Owa     Ilorin West     Musa Abdullahi     Damilola Yusuf     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Toyin Sanusi     Dan Masanin     Bello Abubakar     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Hijab     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Alapansapa     Imam Gambari     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Amoyo     Muhammed Aliyu     Doyin Agbamu     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Isiaq Khadeejah     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Firdaos Amasa     Adebara     Okedare     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Elelu     Kale Bayero     Funmi Salau     JSSCE     Omoniyi Ayinla     Aisha Buhari     Oke-Ero