Oyo Senator Kola Balogun Officially Becomes APC Member
Kola Balogun, the senator representing Oyo South senatorial district has officially become a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senator Balogun – a younger brother of newly installed Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Lekan Balogun – dumped his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after he became estranged with his state governor, Seyi Makinde, highstreet.ng understands.
He made this known in a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan which detailed reasons for his action and read at the plenary on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.
“The decision to resign was informed by the Oyo State Governor’s reign of impunity that had led him into supplanting the constitutionally assigned roles of party bureaucrats and party stakeholders and replacing them with unilaterally declared decisions on who and who should emerge as the legitimate representatives of the people.
“This unconstitutional, flagrant and dictatorial procedural breaches for the emergence of leaders and representatives of the people has led to the factionalisation of the party, this breeding several aggrieved groups within the party and mass exodus of key leaders from the party”, Mr Balogun’s letter where cited the lack of internal democracy former party (PDP) and accused governor Seyi Makinde impunity read in parts.
