There are strong indications that former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, is set to join the All Progressives Congress a day after he announced his retirement from politics.
Daniel was a strong member of the Peoples Democratic Party and director of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation.
The twist to yesterday’s declaration came when his supporters stormed his Shagamu, Ogun State home on Sunday and urged him to take them to the APC instead of retiring from politics.
Daniel had convened a stakeholders’ meeting of his loyalists under the aegis of OGD Political Family to formally address them and announce his exit from partisan politics.
Asked what step he would take on the call, he said, “Basically, they said I could resign from PDP. They said I must lead them to APC and they also said I could not retire from politics. That is the summary of what I heard.
“What else can I say? My people have spoken.”
According to reports, some of those who spoke at the meeting included a former chairman of Ogun/Osun River Basin, Iyabo Apampa; former Director-General of Ladi Adebutu Campaign Organisation, Waliu Taiwo; a former Special Assistant to Daniel on Youths, Ifekayode Akinbode; and senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jelili Amusan, among others.
