The Lagos
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Tunde Balogun, on
Tuesday said the recent defections of bigwigs of other parties to the APC were
measures of the growing confidence in the party.
Balogun made
the statement in Ikeja, at the official reception for an ex-Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) bigwig, Mrs Remi Adiukwu-Bakare, and her supporters into APC.
The party
chairman said the coming of Adiukwu-Bakare, a few days after a former Chairman
of the party, Mr. Moshood Salvador officially joined the party, was a big plus
for the party.
Balogun
described the former commissioner as an accomplished politician who would add
great value to the party.
“People are
moving into our party because of the growing confidence in APC.
“This is the
party to be; this is the party that means well for the people. This is the
party of development.
“Just on
Saturday, a former Chairman of the PDP, Mr Moshood Salvador, officially joined
us; here today, we are having another big fish in person of Mrs.
Adiukwu-Bakare.
“Tell me
what remains of PDP; very soon, we will obliterate PDP from the state political
map,” he said.
In her
remarks, Adiukwu-Bakare said she was delighted to be back in the fold of APC
with her supporters.
The
politician said her coming to APC was motivated by the development the party
had brought to the state and the positive politics of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
national leader of the party.
“I also came
to the APC because of Alhaji Balogun, the party chairman, who plays pure and
progressive politics.
“I have
known him for long. He is a simple and a fair person and I thought it would be
great to be in APC and partner with him for progress,” she said.
Similarly,
National Chairman of Mega Party of Nigeria, Mr Dare Falade, and the state
Chairman of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP), Mr Tajudeen Yunus, also
officially joined the APC at the ceremony.
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