Hon. Stanley Dhikrullah Adedeji Odidiomo and five House of Representatives members from Oyo State on Tuesday formalised their defection from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP to Allied People’s Movement, APM at the plenary on Tuesday, after the salah break.
Their defection showed at the plenary showed Governor Makinde’s political influence in Oyo State. Five out of the six lawmakers got returned tickets to the House of Representatives while Hon. Stanley Dhikrullah Odidiomo got Oyo South Senatorial District ticket.
At the resumption of plenary following the Sallah break, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who presided over the session, read 13 letters announcing the change of parties by lawmakers.
FreshPage reports that Governor Makinde, a few weeks ago, defected to the APM, the political platform where he declared his 2027 presidential ambition and got the ticket.
The members of the Oyo House of Representatives caucus who defected to the APM on Tuesday included Anthony Adebayo, Stanley Dhikrullah Adedeji Olajide, Sunday Makanjuola, Oyedeji Oyeshina, Fola Oyekunle and Abass Adigun Adekunle.
In their letters of defection, the lawmakers cited the protracted internal crisis and leadership tussle in the PDP as a reason to seek a political alternative to pursue their ambitions in 2027.
With this development, Gov Makinde has taken six out of the 14 members of the Oyo state caucus in the House of Representatives with him to the APM.
