Yusuf Abdulateef, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Odigbo council area of Ondo State, has announced his defection to the People's Democratic Party (PDP), attributing his decision to the prevailing hardships under the current administration.
Yusuf Abdulateef, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the Odigbo council area of Ondo State, has announced his defection to the People’s Democratic Party , attributing his decision to the prevailing hardships under the current administration.
He expressed that farmers in the Odigbo communities are dissatisfied with the APC-led government, particularly concerning the appropriation and sale of their farmlands. “I explained to him that I made this decision due to the current situation, especially the hardship faced by our people. They are hungry and lamenting that the APC government has brought them nothing but pain. Farmers in Ore, within Odigbo Local Government, are distressed over the destruction and confiscation of their lands.
“People from Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo, Irele, Ilaje, and Okitipupa have also reached out to me, indicating their readiness to defect as well.
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