A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former deputy governor, Chief Yomi Awoniyi, has officially declared his defection to the ruling party (APC) in Kogi state.
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello presented the new entrant to the APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, yesterday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Addressing reporters after a brief closed-door meeting with the chairman, Bello said the decampee remained a big force to reckon with in the governorship election slated for November 11.
“Today we have a big fish. Another big fish in our ocean – Kogi. We are APC and APC is Kogi. Today, I come to introduce Chief Yomi Awoniyi, the former Deputy Governor of Kogi State to Captain Idris Wada.
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“So, he has joined us fully. And I have come to introduce him to the National Chairman and NWC at the party at the headquarters. This is a sign that the election of 11th November 2023 is a landslide victory for APC by the special grace of God,” he noted.
Asked why he joined the APC, Awoniyi said: “My decision to join the APC is occasioned by the need to appreciate the giant strides that this government has started to embark upon.
” It is quite clear that the next four or eight years will be a complete departure from what we have known.
“It is quite impressive and laudable, particularly in our state in Kogi where a lot is going on. And the future looks much brighter in the APC.
Ganduje expressed delight at the development, maintaining that Awoniyi was important to the party .
