Ex-OSOPADEC chair Omojuwa, others dump, PDP for ACN

A former Chairman of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commissionhttp://www.agunloye4governor.org/# (OSOPADEC), Chief Adewale Omojuwa, and more than 10,000 of his supporters yesterday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).Among the defectors was a former PDP Chairman in Ondo Central Senatorial District, Chief Olu Ilori.Others include: former PDP State Women’s Leader, Mrs. Folake Omojuwa;...

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Ondo burns: ...As hoodlums disrupt Adefarati Memorial Lecture

Hoodlums suspected to be members of the Labour Party (LP) in Ondo State yesterday marred the fifth memorial anniversary lecture organised in honour of the former governor of the state, late Adebayo Adefarati. The LP supporters, who reportedly converged on the party secretariat directly opposite the BTO Event Center in Akure, venue of the lecture, as early as 7.am, sent away the guests billed to at-tend the occasion. They stormed the BTO...

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Agunloye warns Ondo LP against violence

A former Minister of Defence and governorship aspirant in Ondo State on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Dr. Olu Agunloye, yesterday urged politicians to avoid violence. He advised members of the ruling Labour Party (LP) against heating up the polity in their bid to remain in office. Dr. Agunloye spoke in Irun-Akoko where scores of LP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from Akoko North West Local Government Area defected...

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‘Ondo is ready for power shift’ says Agunloye

Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship aspirant Dr. Olu Agunloye spoke with Deputy Political Editor of the Nation Newspaper EMMANUEL OLADESU on preparation of the party for the next election.  WHY did you defect from LP to ACN after losing out at the senatorial primaries in LP?  I was kicked out of the Labour Party. It was like I was kicked out of the party like a ball. It has nothing to do with falling out with the governor....

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LP Leaders, supporters defect to ACN in Ondo Community

Scores of Labour Party (LP) leaders and members in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have defected to the Omoluabi Platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at Ifon, headquarters of the local government.The defectors, led by Mr. Akindele Dare Wasiu (aka Scorpion), and Baba Odogiyan, a renowned politician, said they were dumping the ruling LP in the state for a forward-looking, progressive party which cares about the welfare and well-being of the residents.The ceremony, which attracted ACN leaders from different parts of the state,...

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