Ben Duntoye, others dump PDP for APC
A former Commissioner for Information and Communication during the administration of Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki as Kwara State Governor, Ben Duntoye, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress.
The former Commissioner, who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party along with Saraki, was received into the party on Friday.
Duntoye, who had earlier in the year joined the party at the ward level, was received alongside many other members of the PDP in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the new members were received by the party’s stalwart led by the Kwara South Senatorial District Chairman, Olayemi Olabanji, and Rep. Tunji Ajuloopin (APC-Ekiti, Isin, Irepodun and Oke-Ero).
The event took place during the local government’s expanded meeting on Friday in Omu-Aran.
Addressing the new members, Olabanji asked them to put the interest and the development of the party above personal gains.
He said their interests had now become a priority to the party, irrespective of when they joined the APC in the state.
He said: “Since you have all joined us, we are now one and no one will relegate you to the background for just joining us.
“You must all go to your wards and familiarise with the party’s structure and hierarchy so that they won’t say they don’t know you.
“Let me remind you that the party is doing well, that is why you came to join us.
“So work hard to improve our fortunes in the state.”
Also speaking at the meeting, Dr. Hezekiah Oyedepo, Chairman, Kwara South Elders Consultative Forum, said the party is alive in the state and commended Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his giant strides.
Oyedepo urged party members to sustain their support for the party as development could not go round the nooks and crannies of the state at the same time but gradually.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Orisa Bridge Sulu Babaita Isiaka George Innih Bayo Ojo Razaq Ayobami Akanbi Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise HYPPADEC NTA Ilorin Okin Biscuit Yahaya Abdulkareem Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo Tope Daramola Ayodele Shittu Muhammad Yahya Idris Amosa Saidu Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa Akeem Lawal Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs Zaratu Umar Lola Olabayo Salman Alada Salman Jawondo Mazars Consulting Kale Ayo Yusuf Aiyedun Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Femi Gbajabiamila Special Agro-Industrial Hub Tafida Of Kaiama Onilu Bello Oyebanji NaAllah Ojo Fadumila Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency Oluwatoyin Lukman Tunji Arosanyin Jimoh Olusola Imam Gamji Members Association Okala Baba Musa Aibinu Rafiu Ibrahim Offa Poly Tunde Saad Madawaki Of Ilorin Iliasu Umar Yakubu Jaja Abubakar Lah Ibraheem Adeola Katibi Lithium Deposit Abubakar Usman Jos SSA Youth Kwha.gov.ng Mohammed Khadijat Kubura Lawal Olohungbebe Dogara Susan Modupe Oluwole Deji Ajani Saliu Mustapha Balogin Alanamu Sardauna Of Ilorin Imodoye Writer’s Enclave Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd Mansur Alfanla March 28 Prince Sunday Fagbemi AbdulRauf Keji Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu Olusegun Adeniyi Baba-Isale Bolakale Ayo Timothy Olatunde Fadipe Benin Republic Olatunji Ibrahim Halimat Yusuf Haleeman Salman Rafiu Ajakaye Muideen Olaniyi Alalade