Baring any last minute change of plans, a former Senator in Ekiti State, Biodun Olujimi, will defect from the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next few days.
Sources who are privy to this plan told our reprepreseting Ekiti South Senatorial District is targeting ambassadorial appointment and those who promised her of slotting her in for the Ekiti State slot insisted that she must decamp to the APC.
Meanwhile, the move is said to be facing stiff resistance from some leaders of the APC in the State.
Olujimi was said to have made her intention to move to the APC known to some of her loyalists, a few weeks ago, but notable leaders of the party, especially in the Ekiti South Senatorial District have rejected her.
One of the party leaders who will not want his name mentioned, said there was nothing the former Senator will bring to the party other than crisis.
He said Olujimi was responsible for the collapse of the PDP in Ekiti State, and it would be suicidal to have someone like that in the APC.
"The moment Ayo Fayose left office as Governor in 2018, Olujimi engineered a rebellion against him under the guise of repositioning the party. That rebellion led to the collapse of the party and we won't allow such character to come and pollute our party.
"Besides, we don't need her to win elections in Ekiti South. We have been winning without her, so what's she bringing?
"She tried to come to the APC before the 2023 elections, but the moment she saw that she was not going to be awarded the APC senatorial ticket, she beat a retreat and took the PDP ticket to contest against our party.
"Even when we defeated her freely and fairly, she still went to court against our party. Is that the kind of desperate person we will allow into our party? Absolutely no."
Also, within the PDP, the planned defection is being met with feeling of betrayal, especially by those in the camp of one of the PDP State Chairmanship aspirants, Funsho Ayeni, as well as those who saw her as part of the new coalition.
Olujimi was among those who propelled Ayeni to throw his cap in the ring to contest the chairmanship.
She was said to be among those who attended the Abuja meeting in which the African Democratic Congress, ADC, was unveiled as the party for the coalition.
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