PDP members defect to ACN in Lagos

By kamoru sakiru

Scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members yesterday defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at a rally held in Yaba, Lagos Mainland.

The defector, led by a grassroots politician, Olasunkanmi Kamson, tore their symbolic PDP umbrella and flag and accepted brooms and flags from the Mainland ACN Leader, Mr Wale Oshun. 

Oshun, a national chieftain of ACN, was accompanied by the Chairman of Yaba Local Government Development Council (LCDA), Olajide Jimoh; his deputy, Mrs. Bola Lawal-Olumegbon; former Mainland Local Government Area Chairman, Otunba Tayo Oyemade; Chief Tayo Soyode, Alhaji Bola Balogun; Lagos State ACN Treasurer, Nurudeen Bamidele, among others.

Oshun, who was Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, said ACN is attractive because of its track record in Lagos State.

He said Governor Babatunde Fashola and Yaba and Mainland council chairmen have not disappointed the electorate.

The politician berated the PDP, saying the party has failed the nation in all spheres. 

Oshun said: “There is no work; there is no security. When a government cannot provide these, that government is on the way to destruction. The PDP government is a government of killers. The oil subsidy scam, pension scam and bribery have revealed PDP as a worthless party.”

The ACN chieftain assured the defectors of equal opportunities in the party, saying they would not be discriminated against.

Jimoh said: “PDP has given us a poor economy, insecurity and hunger. It is a party of bribe givers and bribe takers. There is no difference between a bribe giver and a bribe taker. A PDP member offered a bribe and another PDP member took the bribe. That is the story of PDP, which is Peoples Demolition Party, Poverty Development Party and Peoples Destruction Party.”

Kamson hailed ACN National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for his leadership qualities.

He said: “PDP is a party of deceit and backwardness. ACN is a progressive party that can bring development to the grassroots.”