“Don’t Address Me As PDP Chieftain Again” – Olpopeyan
dumps PDP
Barely three weeks after the former Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Hosea Agboola Alleluyah left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan, a respected political leader and one of the senior figures in Oyo State politics, has also dumped the party.
Olopoeyan in a Whatsapp call with WesternDaily News on Tuesday stated that he should no longer be addressed as a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He explained that he has not yet decided which political party to join after leaving the PDP.
The Oyo political heavyweight made the clarification in reaction to public comments following the circulation of viral photographs showing him with some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the United Kingdom.
Olopoeyan, who made a stopover in the UK after a recent tour of the United States, was said to have met with prominent APC figures including the former First Lady of Oyo State, Chief (Mrs) Florence Ajimobi, Senator Teslim Folarin, and others.
When asked whether his meeting with APC chieftains is a sign that he is planning to join the party, Olopoeyan dismissed the speculation.
“Meeting with APC chieftains doesn’t mean I am joining the APC. As of now, I am not in any political party, but soon, my decision will be made known,” he said.
He added that referring to him as a PDP chieftain is now inaccurate.