There was mammoth crowd on Tuesday when leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State gathered at the state secretariat of the party for the official declaration of Senator Teslim Folarin to run for governor in 2023.
Also at the gathering, the lawmaker representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Dr. Kola Balogun, officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
Senator Folarin, representing Oyo Central district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly said the pacesetter state cannot continue in such a state of anarchy and total break down of law and order .
Folarin, along with other prominent leaders of the party asked Governor Makinde to start packing his baggage out of Agodi Government House as he will face imminent defeat in the 2023 governorship poll.
Balogun was received by the APC chairman in Oyo State, Hon. Isaac Omodewu, and the entire State Working Committee (SWC) as well as notable leaders of the party.
Speaking, the elated party chairman, said he was happy that the APC is waxing stronger and better on daily basis.
”Yes we have misunderstanding within ourselves in APC but we have resolved all the issues and there is no more crisis. We are united and by the grace of God we are returning to Agodi Government House in 2023.
“I have tried. We now have the three Senators in Oyo State in our fold. On behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leadership of the party, I welcome Senator Balogun into APC,” Omodewu said.
Omodewu later presented the party’s flag to Balogun.
Speaking, Balogun thanked members of the party’s SWC and NWC for giving him the opportunity to come back “home.”
The lawmaker noted that the administration of Governor Seyi Makinde administration is serving personal interest and not the interest of the masses.
“I didn’t defect, I’m came back home. They are serving their personal interest and not the interest of the masses. There is security breaches across the state. Who uses diesel to power street lights in the 21st century if not that they are serving their own personal interest,” Balogun said.
Dignitaries at the event include former Minister of Communication, Alh. Adebayo Shittu; Asiwaju Yemi Aderibigbe; House of Representatives members-Olaide Akinremi, Segun Odebunmi, Akin Alabi; Hon. Teslim Ajimobi; Olamiju Alao-Akala; APC state chairman, Isaac Omodewu; APC state secretary, Alhaji Mojeed Olaoya;Dr Yunus Akintunde; Semiu Alebiosu; Bolaji Repete; Engr. Remi Oseni among others.
