“We will work for Tinubu in 2027. We are going en masse into APC. Jandor is a visionary leader to follow because he is a man of the people,” Mr Balogun said.
Also, Mr Adediran, who congratulated the defectors, said, ” We have successfully collapsed the entire structure of the PDP into APC now.
“There is no point in belonging to a political party that has no determination and purpose of winning elections. PDP is a social club, not interested in winning.
“Lagos State PDP leadership is ensuring that the party does not win, and the party has been doing this for over two decades now, wasting people’s destiny.”
Other PDP leaders who defected to the APC included Rufus Adeniyi, a former PDP assistant state organising secretary (Lagos West), and Jerry Afemikhe (Olori Odo), a former PDP House of Representatives candidate in Surulere Constituency I.
Some 2023 PDP Lagos State House of Assembly candidates who defected from the party included Keshinro Abiodun (Epe 1), Akeem Jinadu (Eti-Osa 1), and Ibrahim Balogun (Kosofe 2).
Taofeek Obanikoro (Lagos Island 1), Tunde Pratt (Lagos Mainland 2), Saheed Aregbesola (Oshodi-Isolo State 2), Sulaimon Thompson (Surulere 1)and Taofeek Kuye ( Ajeromi-Ifelodun State 1) also dumped PDP for APC.
Adeyemi Kazeem, the former PDP chairman in Ojo Local Government, and Gbenga Ogunleye, media aide to the 2023 Lagos PDP governorship candidate, also defected
