A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and Chairman of Egba Agenda Forum Chief Mustapha Abdulhakeem and his supporters being received into the Peoples Democratic Party, Ogun State. Photo: Taiwo Bankole
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress from Abeokuta South and Chairman of the Egba Agenda Forum, Chief Mustapha Abdulhakeem, on Thursday, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party alongside his supporters, citing alleged marginalisation of the Egba people by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun.
Abdulhakeem disclosed this in Abeokuta at an event organised to announce the endorsement of the PDP governorship candidate for the state, Oladipupo Adebutu, and his running mate, Yemi Sowunmi-Kolapo.
He explained that for more than seven years, the Egba people had been largely sidelined in the affairs of the state, while their land was being converted into private estates in the name of redevelopment.
“Worse still, there appears to be a grand design to keep Egbaland out of the saddle of leadership for another sixteen years. That proposition is unacceptable, and I reject it completely.
