Oyo Deputy Governor Dumps PDP For APC

 

Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Olaniyan announced his defection on Sunday while speaking with newsmen in his private office in the Ojoo area of Ibadan.

He, however, said the defection didn’t affect his position as the deputy governor of the state, saying he had not resigned.

The deputy governor added that he decided after consultations with his supporters from across the state.

According to Olaniyan, politics has a free entry and free exit and all his political supporters prevailed on him to join the APC.

Reports have it that the new development has doused tension and rumours over the sour relationship between the deputy governor and his boss, Gov. Seyi Makinde.

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