The Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun should currently be having sleepless nights as eight lawmakers on the platform of APC yesterday defected to PDP and SDP.
This situation was confirmed by the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi during the house plenary session.
Adekunbi said: “I received a letter announcing the defection of Messers Joseph Adegbesan, Salmon Adeleke, John Obafemi, Remmy Hazzan and Obafemi Olowo-Oloja to the PDP.
“I also got three letters this morning from Hons. Olufemi Allen-Taylor, Oludaisi Elemide and Elizabeth Anifowose announcing their defection from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Social Democratic Party, SDP.”
Adegbesan, Adeleke and Obafemi had dumped the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN, to join the PDP while Hazzan and Olowo-Oloja also dumped the APC for the PDP. Allen-Taylor, Elemide and Anifowose who were members of the APC defected to the SDP.
The Social Democratic Party was recently formed by former governor of Ogun State Chief Olusegun Osoba and others. As it stand APC has 13 members in the house, while PDP,SDP and others have 13 members.
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