The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state, suffered a major setback, on Sunday, as the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, has dumped the ruling party in the state, ro joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Olaniyan defected few days after the state governor, Makinde dropped him ahead of the 2023 elections.
It would be recalled that the deputy Governor and his principal, Governor Makinde were jointly elected as Deputy Governor and Governor on the platform of PDP in 2019.
The deputy governor, who is from the Oke-Ogun geopolitical zone, on Sunday said, “Which official announcement do you want me to make?
“My friends and people asked me to leave PDP. I have joined APC.”
