Gbenga Daniel,  Supporters Set To Join APC

Gbenga Daniel

Former Ogun State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, may have resolved to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a matter of days.

This move is informed by his acceding to lead his supporters to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), after working to see the election of the APC Governor-elect, Dapo Abiodun, who had also paid him a thank you visit.

Daniel had also held meeting with his supporters whom he quoted as urging him to lead them to APC and to rescind his decision to retire from partisan politics.

He held meeting in Sagamu Sunday with his supporters.

In a letter dated March 14 and addressed to the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, Daniel resigned from the party and also quit “partisan politics.”

He was the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organization under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

But in dramatic twist on Sunday, Daniel addressed his supporters and loyalists at his Asoludero residence in Sagamu on why “he decided to quit partisan politics.”

Hundreds of his supporters roared and rejected Daniel’s position, saying “he must lead them in to APC”, having worked for the victory of the ruling party’s governorship candidate, Dapo Abiodun in the March 9 election.

Reports said Daniel did not give a categorical response to the demands of his supporters, but in an interview with newsmen, he gave hints about his next political move.

Here is the transcript of his interview with newsmen:

JOURNALISTS: What would you say on what played out at the meeting?

DANIEL: Basically, they (supporters) said I could resign from PDP. They said I must lead them to APC. And they also said I cannot retire from politics that is the summary of what I heard. Now we have to take a look at it.

JOURNALISTS: What is your position on their demands? Are you leading them into APC?

DANIEL: What else can I say? My people have spoken.