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ATIKU CAMPAIGN DG GBENGA DANIEL, RESIGNS FROM PDP MOVES TO APC

Afnews Editor

Mar 17, 2019

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An ex-Governor of Ogun State and Director-General of Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Gbenga Daniel, said that his political supporters have pleaded with him to lead them to the ruling All Progressives Congress.

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The alleged plea came barely 24 hours after Daniel announced his resignation from partisan politics, even as hundreds of his political supporters have called upon him to rescind the decision.

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The supporters cut across all the local governments in Ogun State.

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Daniel had announced his intention to retire from partisan politics in a letter to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus.

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Daniel's supporters, who converged on his Asoludero residence in Sagamu GRA, held a stormy meeting with him on Sunday, during which they urged him to lead them to the APC, instead of abandoning them in what they called 'political wilderness.'

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Daniel's loyalists anchored their demands on the fact that they had worked with him towards the emergence of the Ogun State Governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun, of the APC.

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The ex-governor had convened a stakeholders' meeting of his loyalists under the aegis of OGD Political Family to formally address them and announce his exit from partisan politics.

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But hundreds of members of his OGD Political Family in Ogun State who thronged the venue of the meeting expressed their displeasure with his retirement.

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Some of those who spoke at the meeting included a former chairman of Ogun/Osun River Basin, Iyabo Apampa; former Director-General of Ladi Adebutu Campaign Organisation, Waliu Taiwo; a former Special Assistant to Daniel on Youths, Ifekayode Akinbode; and senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jelili Amusan, among others.

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Akinbode led other members of the OGD Political Family to prostrate for Daniel, while women held his legs, pleading passionately that he should lead them to APC.

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Amusan also led members in a voice vote, where they all resolved to collectively join APC.

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Speaking with newsmen shortly after the meeting, Daniel said, "Basically, they said I could resign from PDP.

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"They said I must lead them to APC and they also said I could not retire from politics. That is the summary of what I heard.ÔÇØ

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When asked what his next line of action was, the ex-governor said, "Now, we have to take a look at it.ÔÇØ

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When asked if he was ready to go to APC, Daniel said, "What else can I say? My people have spoken.ÔÇØ

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