Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos State
chapter, Chief Henry Ajomale has said that former Minister of State and
chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro would
officially decamp to the ruling party in a matter of weeks.
Ajomale told newsmen in Ikeja on Wednesday that Obanikoro
was coming along with other bigwigs of the state’s PDP.
The party chairman said Obanikoro and others had reached out
to the party to resolve their issues with it and that all was set for their
formal defection.
He said Wednesday’s defection of PDP bigwig, Prince Lukman
Ajose, would open a flood gate of defections from the PDP to the APC in the
coming days.
“We welcome Prince Ajose to the APC. His defection is a plus
for us.
“But Ajose is not the only one joining us. Some of the
bigwigs in the PDP, including Obanikoro, will be joining us soon.
“I don’t want to give you a particular date but all I can
tell you is all is set,” he said.
Ajomale added that the coming of Ajose into the party, as
well as other PDP members, would add value to the party and enhance its
electoral fortune.
Ajomale described as false allegations in some quarters that
the party was imposing candidates in some council areas.
He said those making the allegations were blackmailers who
were not sure of themselves and their ability to win at the party primary.
“It is pure blackmail. There is nothing like that. Everybody
will be allowed a level playing ground,” he said.
By Ameh Comrade Godwin
