The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Olanusi’s defection was confirmed by his Chief Press Secretary, Daisi Ajayi. Ajayi said in a telephone interview on Thursday: “It is true. “He has moved to the APC.”
Our correspondent gathered that Olanusi fell out with his boss, Governor Olusegun Mimiko, over his decision to move from the Labour Party to the PDP. So many aides of Mimiko also disagreed with the switch from the Labour Party to the PDP.
Mimiko pulled a masterstroke on his former boss, late Governor Olusegun Agagu, when he pulled out Olanusi from the PDP and announced him as his running mate on the platform of the Labour Party. Olanusi was then the Chairman of the PDP in Ondo State. Agagu was elected on the platform of the PDP. With Mimiko’s decision to move to the PDP from the Labour Party, several of his lieutenants disagreed with him. It was also learnt that Olanusi may have dropped his resignation letter as deputy governor. He is scheduled to meet with the leaders of the APC in Ondo State any minute from now.
