Prominent Nigerian politician and leader of the Northern Union (NU), Dr. Olusola Saraki, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State.
he elder statesman, however, did not announce the party that he and his supporters would defect to, saying that would soon be made public.
Dependable sources, however, said the politician would publicly declare the choice of his party to his supporters tomorrow (Sunday).
The politician, popularly known as Olooye, made his decision to dump the PDP known shortly after receiving the National Chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, in his GRA home in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
He said: "The door of the PDP has been locked against me. I cannot enter. And by their law, when that door is locked, there is no way to enter it unless you want to break it. But I don’t want to break it, as I am a law-abiding person. The law of PDP is so dry, and once it is applied, it is very difficult to cross.
"When I met President Goodluck Jonathan, I told him I was leaving the party. The PDP says congresses can only be run by delegates and delegates have been determined before the ward congresses in the state.
"I have left the PDP and anybody who believes in me will follow me to another party. But my absence from home gave them a lot of chance to do all this, considering how the party was taken over by us and considering how we have been managing it.
"They have locked the door, so that another candidate cannot get any delegates to support him. So, what is the point in putting your head into it? So, the best thing is to leave, and that is why I left. Some people just sit somewhere to prevent others from entering the door."
Dr. Saraki had earlier told the ANPP chairman that the masses of the state were earnestly waiting for him to declare for his next choice party.
Sounding emotional, he said: "My son, Bukola, spent a lot of time in Abuja helping the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to stabilise his government, leaving the PDP to be run by others at home. Those people have done a lot of damage to his government.
"Please, join me to pray to God to bring my son back home for me."
Prominent Nigerian politician and leader of the Northern Union (NU), Dr. Olusola Saraki, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State.
he elder statesman, however, did not announce the party that he and his supporters would defect to, saying that would soon be made public.
Dependable sources, however, said the politician would publicly declare the choice of his party to his supporters tomorrow (Sunday).
The politician, popularly known as Olooye, made his decision to dump the PDP known shortly after receiving the National Chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, in his GRA home in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
He said: "The door of the PDP has been locked against me. I cannot enter. And by their law, when that door is locked, there is no way to enter it unless you want to break it. But I don’t want to break it, as I am a law-abiding person. The law of PDP is so dry, and once it is applied, it is very difficult to cross.
"When I met President Goodluck Jonathan, I told him I was leaving the party. The PDP says congresses can only be run by delegates and delegates have been determined before the ward congresses in the state.
"I have left the PDP and anybody who believes in me will follow me to another party. But my absence from home gave them a lot of chance to do all this, considering how the party was taken over by us and considering how we have been managing it.
"They have locked the door, so that another candidate cannot get any delegates to support him. So, what is the point in putting your head into it? So, the best thing is to leave, and that is why I left. Some people just sit somewhere to prevent others from entering the door."
Dr. Saraki had earlier told the ANPP chairman that the masses of the state were earnestly waiting for him to declare for his next choice party.
Sounding emotional, he said: "My son, Bukola, spent a lot of time in Abuja helping the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to stabilise his government, leaving the PDP to be run by others at home. Those people have done a lot of damage to his government.
"Please, join me to pray to God to bring my son back home for me."Prominent Nigerian politician and leader of the Northern Union (NU), Dr. Olusola Saraki, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State.
he elder statesman, however, did not announce the party that he and his supporters would defect to, saying that would soon be made public.
Dependable sources, however, said the politician would publicly declare the choice of his party to his supporters tomorrow (Sunday).
The politician, popularly known as Olooye, made his decision to dump the PDP known shortly after receiving the National Chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, in his GRA home in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
He said: "The door of the PDP has been locked against me. I cannot enter. And by their law, when that door is locked, there is no way to enter it unless you want to break it. But I don’t want to break it, as I am a law-abiding person. The law of PDP is so dry, and once it is applied, it is very difficult to cross.
"When I met President Goodluck Jonathan, I told him I was leaving the party. The PDP says congresses can only be run by delegates and delegates have been determined before the ward congresses in the state.
"I have left the PDP and anybody who believes in me will follow me to another party. But my absence from home gave them a lot of chance to do all this, considering how the party was taken over by us and considering how we have been managing it.
"They have locked the door, so that another candidate cannot get any delegates to support him. So, what is the point in putting your head into it? So, the best thing is to leave, and that is why I left. Some people just sit somewhere to prevent others from entering the door."
Dr. Saraki had earlier told the ANPP chairman that the masses of the state were earnestly waiting for him to declare for his next choice party.
Sounding emotional, he said: "My son, Bukola, spent a lot of time in Abuja helping the late President Umaru Yar’Adua to stabilise his government, leaving the PDP to be run by others at home. Those people have done a lot of damage to his government.
"Please, join me to pray to God to bring my son back home for me."
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