By Akinwale Kasali
Hon. Rasheed Kashamu Buruji Jnr, Lawmaker, representing Ijebu- North State Constituency and former Minority Whip of the Ogun State House of Assembly, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
Rasheed, Son of the late PDP Chieftain and Hotelier, Senator Buruji Kashamu cited polarisation of the Party at the State and National levels due to irreconcilable differences and divisions as reasons for his defection to the ruling Party in the State.
He added that factional disputes at the National level and leadership tussle at the State level as reasons for his decision.
His defection letter was read during Plenary on Monday by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Oludaisi Elemide, who stated that the Lawmaker had formally notified the House of his resignation from the PDP and his decision to join the APC.
Kashamu stated that he aligned his decision to join hands with other Progressives in the State to support Governor Dapo Abiodun’s strides under Iseya Agenda and the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to him, “after a review of the current state of affairs with the PDP at the National Level with factions and unresolved leadership crises, and as someone who rode on the pro-people legacy and support of my constituents in Ijebu North 1 state consistency, I have agreed with my leaders and teeming supporters that we should move en mass into the APC in order to bring his wining formula in Ijebu North 1 to bear on the APC in 2027.
He pledged his full support the Governor’s ISEYA agenda as well as the Renewed Hope Agenda of the President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“I have since joined the APC at my ward in Oke Sopen, Ijebu Igbo, Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State,” he said.
He informed the House that he had joined the APC at his Oke- Sopen ward, Ijebu-Igbo i. in Ijebu North Local Government Area, alongside his teeming supporters from across local government.
Present at his defection ceremony was his Wife, Uncle, and other well-wishers, as his Co-Lawmakers led by the Speaker formally welcomed him into their fold at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital.
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