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Atiku and Aregbesola receive Ondo politicians joining ADC

Source: Premium Times · 24 Sep 2026, 18:33 UTC

Atiku Abubakar and Rauf Aregbesola received politicians who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the African Democratic Congress in Ondo State, according to Premium Times. Former PDP governorship candidate Eyitayo Jegede said he joined with supporters to help rescue the state from what he called the APC’s control.

Atiku Abubakar and Rauf Aregbesola received Peoples Democratic Party defectors who joined the African Democratic Congress in Ondo State, Premium Times reports. Among those who moved was Eyitayo Jegede, a former PDP governorship candidate in the state. Jegede said he joined the ADC with his supporters.

He said the decision was intended to rescue Ondo State from what he described as the claws of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The supplied report does not identify all the defectors or state when the move took place. It also provides no response from the APC or further details about the ADC’s plans for the new members.

The material does not say whether the defectors will hold positions within the ADC or how the move will affect the party’s organisation in Ondo.

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