Why Gbenga Daniel May Soon Join APC

Former Ogun state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel has hinted on a possibility of joining the ruling All Progressive’s Congress following the recent persuasion from his supporters across boards.

This is a new development contrary to his declaration 24 hours ago that he was resigning his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party and also quitting politics entirely for charity engagements among other new ventures.

On Sunday, he invited his supporters to a meeting at his Sagamu residence and they reportedly told him that they were satisfied with his decision to leave PDP but he should lead them to the ruling party.

Daniel played a significant role in the emergence of Dapo Abiodun, governor-elect of Ogun, having directed his supporters to work for Abiodun, who contested under the APC.

Abidoun defeated Adekunle Akinlade, his Allied Peoples Movement (APM) rival, with less than 20,000 votes.

Abiodun had expressed gratitude to Daniel whom he held a private meeting with, moments after Daniel announced that he had left PDP.

Details of the meeting which took place at Daniel’s Maryland, Lagos residence, were not made public.

But on Sunday, the former governor told reporters that his supporters were mounting pressure on him to lead them to APC.

“Basically, they said I could resign from PDP… they said I must lead them to APC and they also said I could not retire from politics. That is the summary of what I heard,” he said.

Asked if he was ready to join APC, Daniel said, “What else can I say? My people have spoken.”