By SEGUN OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA—The Labour Party in Ogun State yesterday suffered a major setback as a financier and chieftain of the party, Segun Adewale, dumped it for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Adewale, who was a senatorial aspirant on the platform of the LP said at a welcome rally organised by the Ogun State chapter of the PDP for him and about 5,000 other defectors at the Empire Grounds in Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area that he had to leave his former party for a platform that would afford him the opportunity to realise his good intentions for the people of Ogun West.

He said that his defection to the ruling PDP at the Federal level would enable him to strengthen his political structure for the benefit of the ordinary people of the area.

“Many know me to be a staunch member of Labour Party. To this end, I stand to be corrected when I say that I have been a great instrument in the building of Labour party in Ogun State. But for your sake and for the sake of the cause, I have chosen today a party that will help me achieve better my good intentions for you, he said.”