No More PDP In Lagos, Adiukwu Vows As She Rejoins APC With Supporters

Wale Abideen, LAGOS/ The hope and aspiration of the opposition party in Lagos has been dashed with the defection of Chief (Mrs) Remi Adiukwu, a key figure of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Oshodi Local Government area of the state to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

“I’m not stranger to the people and politics of the APC in my native Lagos State, having worked with my leader and brother, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his tenure as Governor, to lay the foundation of what I now describe as wonderful and progression in growth and development in the state as being continued by our current Governow, Akinwumi Ambode”, Adiukwu, who on Tuesday reunites with her hitherto deserted broom family with thousands of her followers amidst cheers and accolades says that she will ensure she returns whatever she takes away from the APC back to the ruling party. She vouches that her defection marks the final burial of the PDP in Lagos.

A former commissioner and 2017 gubernatorial aspirant under the auspices of now defunct ACN, Adiukwu was a strong member of the Tinubu political mobilizer. At her formal declaration in Owoseni Primary School in Oshodi area of Lagos, Adiukwu says that she deserted the party then based on principle and that her returning to the party was also born out of her progressive principle.

“I am back in the party, when I say I am back, I am actively back. I am enlightened now.

“Election is coming, we will do it with all our strength to deliver back to the party all the slots and mandates we took from APC to PDP during the 2015 election.

” PDP is now dead in this council, no more opposition. This council is completely for APC now. I pledge my loyalty.

“My sojourn away from the party was based on principle just as my return today is encouraged today by the same principle of supporting only good things that will be beneficial to Lagos,” she said.

The Chairman of APC in Oshodi Local Government, Alhaji Olamide Kasali said that the ruling party knew the weight of the defector and the challenge she gave the party in 2015 elections.

“She is the bedrock of opposition in the council,” Kasali said as he presented APC flag to the defector.

According to him, with Adiukwu’s defection. the fear of APC during elections has gone as the development marks an end to the opposition in the council.

The Executive Chairman, Oshodi LG, Mr Bolaji Muse-Ariyo said that the defection would make things easier for the council during elections as he presented a broom, the APC symbol to Adiukwu.

Presenting the Party’s Constitution to the defector, Olusola Sokunle, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency I in the Lagos State House of Assembly said that Mrs Adiukwu was behind his election to the House in 2015.

“I am happy because the PDP stalwart we are accepting today into the APC happens to be my political mother. I was not happy that she was still in PDP when I moved to APC.

” This development has cancelled the existence of other political parties in Oshodi LG. Now that Chief Mrs Remi Adiukwu is with us, there is no more opposition in Oshodi LG,” Sokunle said.

Thousands of loyalists and supports express appreciation to the woman many see as a strong supporter of grassroots women. They welcome her with songs and drums, chorusing “Remi Adiukwu is a worthy leader and supporter of the masses”

Famous MC Oluomo of Oshodi transport workers, also known as Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya described the Chief Adiukwu as the only opposition in the council. Oluomo commended Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the National Leader of APC for his forgiving spirit and promises to work as a team to ensure all round victory for APC in the next general elections.

Few days ago, SECURITY MONITOR has recently hint of a possible defection of Remi Adiukwu as her frequent appearance with notable APC chieftains depict an act of fraternity that could only give birth to such event of last Tuesday which was witnessed by grassroots party executives and members of the ruling party.