Defections Hit Ondo PDP As Jonathan Cancels Campaign

All former Speakers in Ondo State House of Assembly, five commissioners in Mimiko’s administration and eight local government chairmen in the state yesterday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Announcing their defection at a well-attended rally in Akure, the state capital, the decampees, including scores of councilors, said they were dumping the PDP because they no longer believe that the party holds the key to the state’s transformation, adding that the only party that can guarantee change in the state, is APC.
They were led on the train by former Chief of Staff to the late Governor Segun Agagu, Mr Femi Agagu.
The greatest shock at the rally was the defection of former Speaker, Victor Olabimtan, a director in President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, and also a current member of the Federal Civil Service Commission.
In all, 48 PDP leaders in Ondo led thousands of their supporters to dump PDP for APC at a ceremony that took place at APC secretariat along Oyemekun Road, Akure.
The defection earthquake has forced Jonathan Campaign Organisation to cancel today’s campaign in Akure, the Ondo State capital, as majority of known supporters of the President have defected to APC or have traveled out of town.
All mobilization efforts for the rally have crashed, forcing PDP leaders to opt for cancellation of Akure rally today, according to PDP sources in Ondo State.