The candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) during the 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State, Mrs Kemi Elebute-Halle, has dumped the party to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Elebute-Halle, who was the Director-General, ADP 2023 Presidential Campaign, and the party’s National Deputy Chairman, South, was unveiled on Friday by the ruling party in Ward 10, Oke Ayedun, in the Ikole Local Government Area of the state.
She was received as a member of the APC by Afolabi Ogunlare, Leader of the APC in Ward 10, Ikole-Ekiti, alongside the Ward Chairman of the party, Ogunsunmosule Tunbosun, at the Ward Secretariat in Oke Ayedun, Ikole-Ekiti.
Receiving Elebute-Halle from the ruling party, Ogunlare said that she is proven material that will be an advantage to the party and Ekiti State.
He said, “Elebute-Halle is a value. She is just like salt; if you go to the market to buy salt, you don’t taste it because the taste is already proven. So, she is already proven material; even when she was not the winner of that election, she continued to touch the lives of the people. If such a fellow comes to a winning party, it is going to be a lot of advantage to that party.”
Speaking at the ceremony, Elebute-Halle said she was motivated by the giant strides of Governor Biodun Oyebanji and President Bola Tinubu in joining the APC.
She further stated that she would serve the party and join forces with the present administration for the growth and development of the state.
According to her, “I have my friends at the party. I feel much more comfortable in APC because of the way our governor is working, and again, I believe in the renewed hope agenda of his Excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“I am a service-oriented leader, and that is the same thing I told my followers in ADP. So for me, I am coming to APC to serve. I am a naturally born humanitarian. I would allow nature and the service I give to give me back what I sow to it; I am not expecting anything from anyone.”
The ward APC chairman, Tunbosun, expressed joy over her defection to the party, saying, “She will bring a lot to our party.”
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