JUST IN: Six Oyo Rep members dump PDP for APM

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Jun 02, 2026 Updated Jul 14, 2026 1 min read 6 views 0 shares

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, showed his political influence on Tuesday as six members of the House of Representatives, Oyo caucus, loyal to him, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the Allied Peoples Movement. At the resumption of plenary following the Sallah break, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, who presided over the session, read 13 letters announcing the change of parties by lawmakers.

Recall that Makinde, a few weeks ago, defected to the APM, on which platform he has already declared to run for the presidential election in 2027. The members of the Oyo House of Representatives caucus who defected to the APM on Tuesday included Anthony Adebayo, Adedeji Olajide, Sunday Makanjuola, Oyedeji Oyeshina, Fola Oyekunle and Adigun Adekunle.

In their letters of defection, the lawmakers cited the protracted internal crisis and leadership tussle in the PDP as a reason to seek a political alternative to pursue their ambitions in 2027. With this development, Gov Makinde has taken six out of the 14 members of the Oyo state caucus in the House of Representatives with him to the APM.