INDICATIONS emerged on Friday that the Ogun State deputy governor, Prince Segun Adesegun and some members of the National Assembly have dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for a political group, the Action Group of Nigeria (AGN).
Saturday Tribune reliably gathered that Adesegun was at the senatorial meetings of the new party held in Ogun East and Ogun Central on Wednesday and Thursday.
Adesegun, who is a loyalist of a former governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba, had been absent from the governor’s ongoing visits to council areas in the state except the visit to Imeko-Afon Local Government Area.
A source told Saturday Tribune in confidence that while Governor Ibikunle Amosun was on the tour of Ikenne and Ijebu North council areas, his deputy and factional members of the APC loyal to Osoba, under the aegis of “Matagbamole Group” were in a meeting at a location in the state.
The APC in the state had been divided over a leadership tussle between Amosun and Osoba which resulted in each side conducting parallel primaries during the last primaries of the party across the country.
At the Ogun East senatorial meeting, held in Ijebu-Ode, the deputy governor reportedly urged members of the group to hold fast to their beliefs.
Although the National Assembly members from the senatorial district were not physically present at the meeting, they reportedly sent words to the gathering.
This development is coming two weeks after one of Amosun’s aide, Mrs Abimbola Lanre-Balogun, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Saturday Tribune learnt that the new party would be holding meetings at the local government level from today till next weekend while the formal inauguration of the party has been scheduled for after the Eid el-Kabir festival.
Speaking on the development, Senator Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka, said members of the pressure group, “Matagbamole Group,” were members of the political association, urging its members to await further directives from the leaders before the end of the month.
Culled from: Tribune Newspaper
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