A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Fatai Diekola, is expected to formally dump the party for the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Diekola and his teeming supporters will be formally received by the National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, during the South West Zonal Rally of the party holding in Osogbo on May 5.
Diekola, On Sunday 29th April had declared openly at a meeting with his supporters and friends in Ward 06 of Osogbo Local Government to join the PDP.
Diekola, who has been having a running battle with the Governor of the State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, was recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, as a member of the Governing Board of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
The Osogbo-born politician who played a pivotal role in the previous governorship elections of 2003, 2007, 2014, has always been on the winning side. He left an appointment with the Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola-led regime to team up with the struggle of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in 2006, he later played a major role in Ogbeni’s election and eventual victory, as well as the re-election of Governor Aregbesola in 2014.
via Loud Naija Media
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