Kogi Former acting governor, and immediate campaign director general to Abu Ibro governorship Campaign ,Chief Clarance Olafemi just spotted in lugard house, lokoja where he is expected political alliances with the new direction government of Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
Baring last minute change, the former Kogi state acting Governor, Chief Clarence Olafemi said that he has concluded plans to dump the opposition party for alleged impunity and lopsidedness.Chief Olafemi, who dumped the PDP in 2014 and joined APC, visited governor Yahaya Bello last week to cement a newfound relationship.Speaking with journalists at his residence in Lokoja after the visit, Olafemi said that he will soon dump PDP for APC.
He noted that PDP has cheated on him several times and he cannot continue to stay in the party, saying that he is one of the strong members in the state, yet the National Working Committee of the party failed to recognize his input and effort for the party.
He said: “I was the running mate to Jubril Issah Echocho in 2015 governorship primary election, but we were later replaced by the party and they brought in Captain Idris Wada and Yomi Awoniyi as running mate without any reason.
“In 2019 general election, I was one of the Senatorial aspirants from Kogi West, I was denied the contest as the party imposed Senator Dino Melaye who just decamped from APC to PDP.
“My governorship aspirant in the just concluded primary of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim Idris was denied the ticket by some powerful individuals in the party and given to Engr. Musa Wada because they hate Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, the former governor of the state.“With these impunities, how do you expect me to continue staying in PDP? I’m not the first person to decamp from one party to another. President Muhammadu Buhari and my mentor Alhaji Abubakar Atiku all decamped from one party to another. I’m not going to be the first or the last.
“I had fruitful discussion with Governor Yahaya Bello and I’m very satisfied with the outcome of our meeting.The Chief Administrator of Ajaokuta Local Government Area, Prince Aliyu Mustapha Aka’aba, has also received over 300 supporters and leaders of the PDP and Social Democratic party (SDP) into the APC in Ajaokuta. This was just as the former Secretary of Omala Local Government Area, Julius Atabor, also defected to the APC. All the defectors from the PDP alleged high level of impunity and lack of reward mechanism.As it stands, the PDP needs to quickly put its house in order if it is to make appreciable impact in the November election.
