The only All Progressives Congress (APC) legislator in the Kwara state House of Assembly Prince Saheed Popoola Wednesday said the defection of Senate President Bukola Saraki, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed and others to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is the greatest political mistake of their lives.
He said this in Offa, Offa local government area of Kwara state when he staged a triumphant entry into the town.
Scores of his loyalists, supporters and friends waited patiently for hours at the Ijagbo end of the town, for him.
Speaking with reporters in the midst of the crowd, Prince Popoola said: “I want you to show the whole world that it is the Offa people that told me not to defect to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). That is what you are seeing today. They told me that we are in All Progressives Congress (APC). They voted for in APC and that I should remain in APC. There is no single person that will do PDP in Offa.
The entire town is APC. They are for President Muhammadu Buhari, they are for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, they are for Lai Mohammed, they are for Aregbesola and they are for Saheed Popoola. We are also for Adams Oshiohmole.”.
He hailed President Buhari’s administration performance so far in office, adding that “he has been performing well since his assumption of office. It is only that some fifth columnists are out to sabotage his efforts. I want to assure you that APC will do well for this country. We mean well for this country. You can see that the entire Offa people are for APC.
“I have come today to showcase that as their representative it is what they told me that i have done. I promise Offa people best legislative action. Offa people are going to lead in the struggle to make APC emerge victorious in the 2019 elections.
“I want to tell you that Kwarans have resolved to change the current political structure in the state. This state will not vote for PDP in the 2019 general elections. It is a mistake of their lives that they have done. APC is the only party that Kwarans will vote for.”
On the siege of the National Assembly by DSS operatives, the lawmaker said that “what happened at the National Assembly was a conspiracy.
How can somebody call for a meeting of the principal officers and members were trooping in very early in the morning? I am calling for a full blown probe into the matter.”