Politics

APC will sweep polls in Kwara in 2019 – Oyedepo

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6 years ago

August 5, 2018

Former Chairman , the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara , Akogun Oyedepo , has said that the All Progressives Congress would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 general elections in the state .Oyedepo , who recently led majority of PDP members to APC , said on Sunday in Ilorin in a statement after a meeting of his group that over 85 per cent of PDP members followed him to decamp to APC .

“ If you add our 85 per cent with the people in APC before we came in , the party is richer now and ready to chase away PDP in Kwara , ” he said .

He said that members of the splinter group that remained in PDP had no electoral value , adding that APC was the party to beat in any election in Kwara .

According to him , only four members of the PDP executives out of 31 members remained with the party , adding that the rest followed him to APC .

Oyedepo also said that 27 of the PDP executive members were now with him in APC .

According to him , the four executive members that choose to remain are from a splinter group loyal to the Senate President , Dr Bukola Saraki .

The former PDP chairman also said that over 85 per cent of the local government and ward executive followed him to APC.

Oyedepo , a lawyer , said that not less than 15 other political parties were ready to work with APC to wrestle power form PDP and Saraki .

“ I can boast of 15 political parties that are with us . As far as that is concerned, we have not less than 15 that are working with us . KOWA is with us , we are with Labour Party, PPN and many others . ”

( NAN )