A governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke has officially dumped the party for the Alliance for Democracy (AD) ahead of the November 26, gubernatorial poll in the state.
Oke was also the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2012.
The former APC chieftain is expected to fly the flag of the AD in the coming election.
Daily Post learnt that the AD candidate, Mr. Akin Olowookere will step down for Oke.
Speaking with his supporters across the 18 local government areas in the state, Oke stated that his defection was necessitated by the injustice perpetrated by some leaders of the party during the primary election.
He explained that he waited patiently for the leaders to correct the injustice before opting out of the party.
He said “I was the first person to raise alarm over the giant fraud in that primary. I was later vindicated by the appeal committee who ruled that the primary be cancelled, that a new primary be conducted where a popular candidate will emerge.
“But Oyegun and his cabal proceeded to submit that name to the INEC thereby killing the dream and the vision of Ondo state people in APC to have a true change they have been yearning for.
“We can no longer tolerate a situation where government had no dream, no direction, vision and the people are made to wallow in abject poverty. It is to reverse this situation that we gave everything to APC to have a platform where truth will prevail and unfortunately the National Chairman killed the dream.”
Oke was also the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2012.
The former APC chieftain is expected to fly the flag of the AD in the coming election.
Daily Post learnt that the AD candidate, Mr. Akin Olowookere will step down for Oke.
Speaking with his supporters across the 18 local government areas in the state, Oke stated that his defection was necessitated by the injustice perpetrated by some leaders of the party during the primary election.
He explained that he waited patiently for the leaders to correct the injustice before opting out of the party.
He said “I was the first person to raise alarm over the giant fraud in that primary. I was later vindicated by the appeal committee who ruled that the primary be cancelled, that a new primary be conducted where a popular candidate will emerge.
“But Oyegun and his cabal proceeded to submit that name to the INEC thereby killing the dream and the vision of Ondo state people in APC to have a true change they have been yearning for.
“We can no longer tolerate a situation where government had no dream, no direction, vision and the people are made to wallow in abject poverty. It is to reverse this situation that we gave everything to APC to have a platform where truth will prevail and unfortunately the National Chairman killed the dream.”