ABEOKUTA—The Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the purported lone defection of former Governor Gbenga Daniel, from the Labour Party, LP, to the PDP as deceit in the polity.

In a statement issued in Abeokuta, yesterday, by the state Publicity Secretary, Waliu Oladipupo, the party said: “Much as our hands are widely opened to receive defectors into our party, including Gbenga Daniel, we find his purported solo return as a less than clever attempt to hoodwink our people and deceive the national leaders of our party.

“We have reliable information that the kite being flown that most of his followers have vowed not to return with him to the PDP is part of a grand plot to deceive our leaders and use the resources of the PDP and its government to fund his followers in LP.

“This is a repeat of what happened in 2011 when his body remained in the PDP but his heart and soul were with the Peoples Party of Nigeria, PPN. He used the resources of the PDP-led government to fund the PPN.”