{"id":253452,"date":"2023-03-06T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=253452"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T08:00:49","slug":"ogun-jimi-lawal-ex-pdp-governorship-aspirant-defects-to-dapo-abioduns-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/03\/06\/ogun-jimi-lawal-ex-pdp-governorship-aspirant-defects-to-dapo-abioduns-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun: Jimi Lawal, Ex-PDP Governorship Aspirant Defects To Dapo Abiodun&#8217;s APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to the March 11 governorship elections, Jimi Lawal, an aspirant for governor from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has switched allegiances to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Six days before the governor&#8217;s election, Lawal and his followers reportedly joined the ruling APC on Sunday and were welcomed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/02\/19\/gov-dapo-abiodun-urges-residents-to-embrace-unity\/\">Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After losing the governorship nomination to Ladi Adebutu, who was recognized by the Independent National Election Commission, he switched from the PDP to the APC (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the former adviser to Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State had joined the PDP in 2022 and got the party\u2019s governorship form to become the state governor.<\/p>\n<p>Lawal, however, lost to Adebutu in the primary election and instituted various court cases against Adebutu and the party over the conduct of the election, but he failed at the appellate court.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the development, the Director of Media, Ladi Adebutu Campaign Organisation, Afolabi Orekoya, said the PDP was not surprised by Lawal\u2019s defection to the APC.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Daily Post, Orekoya said Lawal and his cohorts were sponsored by Governor Dapo Abiodun to hijack and destabilize the PDP in order to achieve his second-term ambition.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Lawal rejected all the peace offerings to join Adebutu to give victory to the PDP in the forthcoming governorship poll in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He, therefore, said the PDP remains resolute and determined to win Saturday\u2019s election, with God and the electorate on its side, adding that God has exposed one of the enemies of the party.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cLawal has been a mole sponsored by Dapo Abiodun and his co-travelers to hijack and destabilize the PDP in the state in order to achieve his second-term ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe filed dozens of frivolous applications against the PDP and Hon Adebutu, but to the glory of God, it all ended in futility. Even the court expressed worry over Jimi Lawal\u2019s desperation to keep PDP out of the polls by all means. Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, in a judgment in December 2022, labeled Jimi Lawal as a spoiler.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has failed and failed woefully. For us, it\u2019s good riddance to bad rubbish and we are glad that God has exposed one of the enemies of the party.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prior to the March 11 governorship elections, Jimi Lawal, an aspirant for governor from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has switched allegiances to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). 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