Former Governor of Ogun State and the Director-General of
Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Mr. Gbenga Daniel, has announced that his
supporters are pressuring and pleading with him to lead them to the ruling All
Progressives Congress (APC).
Daniel disclosed this few hours after he resigned his
membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and announced that he was
quitting partisan politics.
On Sunday, he invited his supporters to a meeting at his
Sagamu residence and they reportedly told him that they were satisfied with his
decision to leave PDP but he should lead them to the ruling party.
The former governor played a significant role in the
emergence of Dapo Abiodun, Governor-elect of the state , having directed his
supporters to work for Abiodun, who contested under the APC.
Abidoun defeated Adekunle Akinlade, his Allied Peoples
Movement (APM) rival, with less than 20,000 votes.
Abiodun had expressed gratitude to Daniel whom he held a
private meeting with moments after Daniel announced that he had left PDP.
Details of the meeting which took place at Daniel’s
Maryland, Lagos residence, were not made public.
But on Sunday, the former governor told reporters that his
supporters were mounting pressure on him to lead them to APC.
According to him, “Basically, they said I could resign from
PDP… they said I must lead them to APC and they also said I could not retire
from politics. That is the summary of what I heard.”
Asked if he was ready to join APC, Daniel said, “What else
can I say? My people have spoken.”
In his letter to the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, Daniel
recollected how he toured the country canvassing votes for Atiku.
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