A former Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe and his son, Moyosore have been issued membership cards by the Lagos State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) following their recent defection to the party.

The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Abiodun Salami, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ikeja that both were issued cards earlier on Thursday.

Recall that Ogunlewe recently announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC over what he called instability in his former party.

His son Moyosore, who was the PDP candidate for Kosofe constituency one state house of assembly seat in the 2015 and 2019 elections but lost to APC in the two elections, had earlier defected to the ruling party.

Salami said the issuance of cards to both defectors at the ACME Road party secretariat meant they were now registered members of the party.

He congratulated Ogunlewe and his lawyer son for joining the “real party”, urging them to feel at home in the “party of progressives”.

Salami said:

“Sen. Ogunlewe and his son have been issued APC membership cards.

“They were issued cards today at the party secretariat in Ikeja after they registered as members.

“This registration and issuance of cards means they are now full members of the APC.

“We congratulate them for joining the only progressive party in the country and we are urging them to feel at home.”

The spokesperson added that the issuance of cards was done quietly at the office of the party chairman, Alhaji Tunde Balogun, and an elaborate defection ceremony would soon be organised to welcome the duo.

Moyosore, while speaking with NAN, also confirmed the issuance of the cards to them.

He said that they were well received by all the party executives led by Balogun.

“My dad and I were at the secretariat today where we registered and were issued cards of the APC at the party secretariat.

“We were well received by all the party executives led by Alhaji Balogun, we really felt at home.

“This is just registration, the defection ceremony comes up very soon. APC is the party to be, we are happy to be part of the family,’’ he said.

 

NAN