Daniel dumps PDP …. appears at PPN rally

ABEOKUTA – GOVERNOR Olugbenga Daniel of Ogun State has finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] for the Peoples Party of Nigeria [PPN] appearing with his Deputy; Alhaja Salmot Badru at the state rally of the party at the MKO Abiola Stadium. Daniel had earlier insisted that he would remain in PDP and work for President Goodluck Jonathan’s reelection while all the candidates in his faction of the PDP who did not make the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria [INEC] list moved to PPN. But Daniel dressed in a cream colored lace material arrived the venue of the rally at about 1.15 pm throwing the crowd that thronged the venue into ecstasy amidst songs deriding those who made them leave the PDP. Addressing the crowd, the Governor who took time to show them, the candidates of the party from House of Assembly, National assembly and Governorship for the forthcoming elections said that he had become an elder statesman who would support anything good. He however still insisted that he would work for the reelection of President Jonathan as all members of the PPN had agreed to work for his reelection. He said “If we see anything good, we must endorse it. What we are witnessing today is good and we must support it. Even though you are not happy, you have declared your support for President Jonathan, we will vote for him because we are working for him. “I have come to feed my eyes and my eyes are seeing good things today” The Spiritual Leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress [OPC]; Dr. Fredrick Fasheun in his speech noted that Governor Daniel was capable of moving the state and the party forward and should be allowed to do so adding that some people were just against him for no reason. The National Legal adviser of the party Barrister Romanus Azuzu read a declaration saying “Whereas the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN, is made up of peoples of ideas who are determined to effect a positive change in the affairs of our country and liberate all our people from shackles of oppression by overlords. From Kolade Larewaju