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Oyo state deputy Governor Engineer Rauf Olaniyan has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state to pitch his tent with the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Olaniyan made this announcement in Ibadan the Oyo state capital on Sunday.
Recall that Governor Seyi Makinde has dropped the deputy Governor for his re-election bid ahead of the 2023 guber elections.
Both Olaniyan and Makinde were jointly elected as Deputy Governor and Governor on the platform of PDP in 2019.
The deputy governor, who is from the Oke-Ogun geopolitical zone, on Sunday said, “Which official announcement do you want me to make?
“My friends and people asked me to leave PDP.
“I have joined APC.”
There were speculations that Olaniyan had planned to leave the party but he vehemently denied it.