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Insinuations are rife that Hon.Shina Peller may be defecting to the New Nigeria People’s Party in Oyo state to rekindle his desire to be a senator in the next administration.
The lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, on Wednesday, visited the prominent leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party in Oyo State, Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan
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TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that Shina Peller lost in the APC Oyo North senatorial district primary election.
The lawmaker had faulted the conduct of the Oyo North Senatorial District primary election by the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The incumbent senator, Fatai Buhari, won a return ticket for the third time but four aspirants who contested against him, including Peller, alleged manipulation.
The aggrieved lawmaker’s visit to Olopoeyan, who also recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party has sparked defection rumour.
Peller, while fielding questions from some of his supporters after the visit, denied plans to defect, he told them his visit wasn’t politically related.
He said it was a private visit, saying Olopoeyan and his late father, Professor Peller, had a very good relationship and that he also had been relating well with his father’s ally.
Peller said, “I came to visit a political guru, a brother who was a close ally of my dad when he was alive.
Asked if he would still contest the Oyo North Senatorial District election since his party ticket had been won by Senator Fatai Buhari, he said ” I will surely contest the Oyo North Senatorial District election in 2023.”
Olopoeyan also said the visit of the lawmaker to him had nothing to do with politics.
He confirmed Pellar’s visit but deny that it has nothing to do with politics.
He said, ” Shina Peller visited me, it’s true but the visit has nothing to do with APC, PDP or NNPP. I was close to Professor Peller when he was alive and I have been close to Shina also.
“He just came to visit me. Bayo Adelabu visited me some months back. The APC chairman, Isaac Omodewu also came to my house then. I have also visited some of them. So, the visit is not political.”