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The senator representing Oyo South Senatorial
District on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, Olufemi Lanlehin Tuesday defected
to the Accord Party, AP.
Mr. Lanlehin dumped the APC at a rally in Ibadan,
the state capital, barely a month after another
senator, Ademola Adeseun, who represents the
Central Senatorial District, also on the party’s
platform, moved to the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP.

The exit of the two senators from the APC has
further changed the political equation in the south
west state in the build up to the 2015 general
elections.

The development is considered a blow to the
political future of the state governor, Abiola
Ajimobi, who is an APC member.

The APC currently has no senator from Oyo State
as the third senator, Hosea Agboola, who
represents the North Senatorial District, belongs
to the PDP.
Mr. Lanlehin and others defectors, including
Gbenga Babalola, a former PDP senator; and an
APC leader, Yemi Aderibigbe were officially
presented with the AP flag by the leader of the
party in the state, Rasheed Ladoja.

Also at the rally were the AP state chairman,
Bashir Lawal, Secretary, Ogundiya Oguntoye;
Deputy Speaker of the Oyo State House of
Assembly, David Akoro; a former Speaker of the
House, Adeolu Adeleke.
Others are Deputy Chairman, House of
Representatives Committee on Education, Abiola
Ajaja and an AP member of the House, Busari
Olayemi.

Mr. Ladoja, a former governor of the state said
the former APC senator was free to contest any
elective position under the party except the
governorship which was reserved for him (Ladoja).

He assured the party supporters and the people of
the state that AP would not let them down if
elected to form a new government in May next
year.

“ We did it before and we shall do it even better
again,” Mr. Ladoja said.
Responding, Mr. Lanlehin, who described Ladoja as
“my leader and father” urged Oyo State people,
particularly his supporters, to vote the former
governor again in the 2015 governorship election
Mr. Adeleke asked the people to hold the APC by
its words, saying “The APC, when they were ACN,
said you should not vote for a party that does not
have a senator. Today that Senator Lanlehin is now
in Accord, I want to urge you the people of Oyo
State not to vote for APC because it is now truly a
party that does not have a Senator.”

Oyo state politics is very dynamic.. No party has upperhand.. I lyk the political trend in d state from 1999 til date..

At least he didnt defect to the PDP.

No political party has won 2 term in office in that state.