Over 700 Members Of PDP Defect To APC

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No fewer than 700 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Action Democratic Party (ADP), on Tuesday, defected to the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Lagos. 

The defectors joined the APC at an elaborate ceremony at the party secretariat in Ikeja. Some of the new entrants into the ruling party include Mrs Mary Dominance, ADP House of Representatives candidate (Apapa) in the Feb.23, elections and Mrs Linda Famoruti, Coordinator, Non-Indigenes group in Lagos PDP. 

Others are Alhaji Abass Obesere, a popular Fuji artiste, who defected with members of his Consolidation group in PDP, and Mr Adeniyi Abiola, Coordinator, Articulated Agenda, a support group of the PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

The Lagos West Senatorial candidate of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) in the last elections, Mr Kayode Olabode, also led some supporters of his old party into APC. Receiving the new members, Chairman of APC in the state, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, said he and other party members were elated to receive the defectors. 

Balogun, represented by Mr Wale Ahmed, party Secretary, said the defectors had taken the right step by joining the APC in the state. Balogun urged the new members to feel at home, assuring them that they would be accorded the same rights and privileges as existing members. 

He described the APC as the winning party, saying it would win the March 9 governorship elections. 

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