“The APC set a trap for them, and they entered.”
The Senior Special Adviser on Media to Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, Hezekiah Bamiji, has described the recent defection of two senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a political miscalculation.
Speaking on The Morning Brief on Channels Television Thursday, Bamiji said the senators—Francis Fadahunsi (Osun East) and Olubiyi Fadeyi (Osun Central)—were misled by rumours that Governor Adeleke was planning to defect to the APC. “Maybe what I can say is a kind of miscalculation on the part of the lawmakers,” Bamiji said.
He added, “The governor is the leader of the party in Osun State. I felt they should have consulted with their leader and perhaps also the people in their various constituencies, but I am not sure that was done.”
Bamiji insisted Adeleke remained committed to the PDP. “Even if the governor was going to move, did they ask the governor any questions? Yes, the APC set a trap for them, and they entered.”