- Bimbo Daramola has rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) with over 1,000 of his supporters who left the Social Democratic Party (SDP)
- Daramola was instrumental in the formation and development of the APC in Ekiti State, and his return is seen as a major boost for the party
Bimbo Daramola, a former House of Representatives member in Ekiti State, has rejoined the All Progressives Congress (APC) with over 1,000 of his supporters who left the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Daramola and his supporters were received by Ekiti State APC Chairman, Paul Omotoso, in his Ire-Ekiti Ward II in Oye LGA. Daramola was instrumental in forming and developing the APC in Ekiti State, according to Omotoso, who described him as an asset to the ruling party.
He said;
The party stakeholders in the state prevailed and begged him to return to the APC in view of his impact in the society and the value he would add to governance in the state and country.
The returnee had reasons to leave the APC last year due to the alleged injustice meted out on him and his supporters, and I commend him for listening to all pleas to return to the party.
Daramola thanked the party chairman and Governor Biodun Oyebanji for their roles in his return to the APC, assuring them that he would be more committed to the party’s success and development.
He said;
I am happy to be back in the APC after a few months of being away due to some reasons in the past that I am very emotional about.
For the past eight years, I didn’t drink a cup of water in APC. I left the parliament in 2015, but we were undeterred, and now you can see a whole lot of people who trooped out to follow me back to the party.
I am ready to add value and improve the lives of our people now that I am back to the party we laboured to form and build.