Daniel Dumps PDP For Labour Party

A former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, may have
concluded arrangements to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)for
the Labour Party following a meeting with the National Chairman of the
party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu in Abuja on Thursday to firm up the bid.
[image]The meeting, which held at the national headquarters of LP in
Garki area of the federal capital city, was said to have centred on
the modalities that would be used to accommodate Daniel and his
supporters in the party. The former governor, who was accompanied to
the meeting by some of his aides, was received at the party's
secretariat by the LP chairman.
Nwanyanwu confirmed the meeting when contacted but declined to give
details of what transpired.
Daniel has of recent been linked to three parties in Ogun state. While
he was governor for eight years under theplatform of PDP, he was
equally the promoter of the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN through
which one of his associates, Gboyega Isiaka contested the 2011
governorship election in Ogun State.
The election was won by the candidateof the Action Congress of Nigeria
(ACN),Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
Isiaka, who hails from Ogun West and still eyeing the next election,
has reportedly joined the LP in the state while another of Daniel's
associates, Sina Kawonishe has also been mobilizing for the 2015
governorship election on the platform of LP.
A source at the meeting with Nwanyanwu disclosed that Daniel did not
mince words in his demand that the party cede its governorship ticket
to him and his supporters since he would be moving in with his
structuresin PDP and PPN.
To make this possible, the former governor, who was said to have
initiated the meeting, also demanded that the present state executive
committee of the party be dissolved by LP's national leadership so
that his own supporters can find a strong footing.
"The governor did not mince words in his demands and the chairman was
obviously not comfortable having those two major requests.