Kwara: Two APC leaders, 6,000 members join PDP

Two prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) figures and about 6,000 party members in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The defectors include former three-term senator Simeon Sule Ajibola and the immediate past chairman of the APC Kwara South Elders Forum, Chief James Bamisaye Ayeni.
According to reports, the defectors are drawn from all 10 wards in Ekiti Local Government Area.
Ayeni said the decision to leave the APC followed consultations among members, citing concerns over marginalisation, neglect, lack of development and the need for internal democracy.
“We can no longer fold our...