Osun APC asks defecting lawmakers to resign

On a day three members of the Osun state House of Assembly dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the Action Democratic Party (ADP), another member has also dumped the party for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Premium Times finding shows that the latest defector, Olaolu Oyeniran, who represents OdoOtin state constituency, announced his defection in his hometown, Okuku, on Saturday evening.
It is not clear if Oyeniran has formally written to the speaker to announce his defection as constitutionally expected.
With Oyeniran’s defection, the number of legislators in the state that dumped APC to join other parties on the same day increased to four.
It was earlier reported that Debo Akanbi who represents Ede North, Tajudeen Famuyide, representing Ilesha West and Abdullahi Ibrahim representing Iwo local government area dumped the party to join ADP on the grounds that the ruling APC is marred with nepotism.
When contacted, Kunle Oyatomi, the Director of Publicity of APC, said the defecting members are “free to go but that they should resign as legislators.” “The APC is functional and not moved by recent defection of somepeople.
The defected members of the state House of Assembly should also honourably resign their membership of the House,” he said.
There is no indication that any of the lawmakers would resign as scores of other lawmakers have changed parties across Nigeria in the build up to the 2019 general election.
The Osun governorship election holds on September 22.
Over 40 candidates are contesting the election on the platform of different political parties.