Barely 24 hours after he resign his membership of the People Democratic Party and announced his retirement from partisan politics, Gbenga Daniel, a fo
Barely 24 hours after he resign his membership of the People Democratic Party and announced his retirement from partisan politics, Gbenga Daniel, a former Ogun State governor and the Director-General of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, says he is under pressure to decamp to the ruling party, All Progressives Congress. He says he is considering a request by his supporters to lead them to APC.
Daniel, who was Governor of Ogun State from 1999 to 2007, made this known after a meeting with his supporters from across Ogun State adding that his supporters made it clear to him that he could not quit politics right now. He said, “You know that this process is about leading people and what we have done today is to call all of our people across the length and breathe of the state to subject our decision to a kind of plebiscite and, of course, you have seen what they have said.
“Basically, they said, well, they agree that I could resign from PDP. They said I must lead them to APC and they said I cannot retire from politics. That is the summary of what I heard and we have to now take a look at it.”
Gbenga Daniel had earlier addressed the gathering of his loyalists and told them he was done with partisan politics, but members of his political family, and some top officials of the PDP, prevailed over him saying they are ready to pitch their tent with the ruling party. They noted that Daniels’ influence, endorsement and support for APC’s Dapo had a great impact in deciding the governorship race in the state.
The former governor’s loyalists agreed that he can resign from the PDP, however, they noted that his political journey is far from over, insisting that he leads them to the APC.
