NewsGbenga Daniel, David Mark's Daughter Defect To APC

Gbenga Daniel, David Mark’s Daughter Defect To APC

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BEVERLY HILLS, February 16, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s main opposition group today lost two persons of note to the ruling party.

Former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel and daughter of former Senate President David Mark, Hon. Blessing Onuh, announced they had defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Daniel was the campaign manager for the PDP Presidential Candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar.

He had been romancing with the APC for a long time and political pundits expected him to have dumped the PDP before now.

In preparation for his planned defection, his party structure in Ogun State last month collapsed into APC.

Publicity Secretary, APC, Ogun State chapter, Tunde Oladunjoye, said that Daniel had not officially defected, but that he would pick up APC membership card today in Shagamu, which would make him officially, an APC member.

Also, a top source closed to the former governor had said Daniel is expected to pick up the membership card of APC before the registration of new members closed today.

He is also expected to meet with the chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the APC and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni on Wednesday.

Expected to be part of the meeting are governors Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa State.

In a similar development, the daughter of former Senate President David Mark and member representing Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency of Benue, Hon. Blessing Onuh, defected to the APC from the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).

The member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency, Hon. Yakubu Abdullahi, also dumped the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) for the APC.

In two separate letters read by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, the two lawmakers said they were leaving the platforms that sponsored their elections due to crisis at all levels of the parties.

Onuh said she was leaving APGA due to leadership crisis at all levels of the party, adding she decided to leave after serious consultation with her people.

She commended national leadership of the APC for making the defection possible.

Onuh formally joined the APC at a well- attended event in her constituency in December 2020.

Abdullahi said he decided to leave the PRP as a result of the crisis, which led to emergence of two national chairmen for the party as well as two chairmen in Bauchi state.

He said Alhaji Falalu Bello and Prof. Sule Bello were laying claim to chairmanship of the party with two separate national headquarters.

He also said one of the factions of the party in Bauchi state wrote him a letter suspending him from the party.

The lawmaker said the crisis in the party in Bauchi state is worrisome as it has led to series of litigations among members of the party.

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