Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti State governorship aspirant) joins Labour Party

A member of the House of Representatives, APC-Ekiti Central Federal

Constituency, Opeyemi Bamidele, on Sunday renounced his membership of

the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state.

Bamidele, a governorship aspirant, explained that he decided to quit

the APC and join the Labour Party in order to realise his ambition.

He spoke at a news conference in Emure-Ekiti, shortly after visiting

the home of his late associate, Foluso Ogundare, who was killed last

month by unknown gunmen



Bamidele, a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos

State, said that his resolve and that of his supporters to leave the

APC was borne out of the lack of internal democracy in the party.



"I and my supporters are quitting the ranks of political desperadoes

to embrace a new political order that will take Ekiti to new heights.



"Let it be known that as I am quitting their party today, I am also

giving them quit notice in Government House; I am also giving quit

notice to poverty and hunger in our land.''



In its reaction on Sunday, the state chapter of the APC said: "We are

comfortable at his exit.''



The interim Chairman of the party, Jide Awe, said that Bamidele was free to go.



"We can never feel his exit,'' he said.

Awe said that it was now left for the constituency which Bamidele

represented in the House of Representatives to be pro-active in its

representation.