PDP Dealt Fresh Blow Ahead Of Guber Election With Defection Of 4 Key Members

• Four PDP bigwigs have dumped the party ahead of Ondo gubernatorial election.

• The chieftains tendered their resignation from the PDP in a letter addressed to the party’s chairman.

• They said that their next line of action and the party they were migrating to would be communicated at the appropriate time.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Mr Banji Okunomo, a former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the 2020 Ondo State governorship race, has dumped the party.

Okunomo’s resignation from the PDP was via a letter dated March 13, sent to the party’s chairman at his Etikan Ward in Ilaje Local Government Area.

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In the letter made available to journalists on Monday in Okitipupa, the governorship aspirant said: “With effect from March 13, I wish to notify the party of voluntary resignation of my membership.”

Also, Mr Solomon Bitire, a former Caretaker Chairman, Okitipupa LGA in the state, also resigned his membership from PDP in a letter dated March 13 addressed to his Ward Chairman in his Ayeka/Igbodigo/Erinje Ward.

Other members of the party and the 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Jossy Eganosi-Ehinmore and Mr Francis Malo-Olorunwa, also tendered their letters of resignation at their Ugbo Ward I in Ilaje LGA.

In a separate telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, both Okunomo and Bitire confirmed their resignation from the party in Ondo South.

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They also said that their next line of action and the party they were migrating to would be communicated at the appropriate time to their supporters and the press.

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