Top Lagos PDP chieftain defects to Labour Party (PHOTO)

<p><strong>Lagos based socio-political activist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar;&comma; in Lagos State&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Chief Adesunbo Onitiri<&sol;a>&comma; has dumped the PDP for the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;ng">Labour Party<&sol;a> to contest the forthcoming <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Lagos Central Senatorial election<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;17553" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-17553" style&equals;"width&colon; 650px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-17553 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;10&sol;Onitiri-650x430-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"430" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-17553" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Chief Adesunbo Onitiri<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Onitiri while announcing the development&comma; alleged that he bid the PDP farewell due to a lack of internal democracy and in order &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;to heed the call of our respected father&comma; Pa Ayo Adebanjo’s call to support Mr Peter Obi’s presidential bid&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Before dumping the PDP&comma; Onitiri was a strong member of the party and had contested against Senator Remi Tinubu during the 2019 senatorial election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The social critic said he was quitting the PDP with his numerous supporters&comma; admirers and friends in Lagos Central Senatorial District to ensure a resounding victory for the Labour Party in the coming general elections in Lagos State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;aide-speaks-on-atiku-collapsing-in-abuja&sol;">Aide Speaks On Atiku Collapsing In Abuja <&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Here I am&comma; imploring the entire Lagosians and residents to actively support and vote massively for the Labour Party so as to salvage our &OpenCurlyQuote;wrecked’ country from total destruction and imminent calamity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Also l call on our youths to claim back our country from the 62 years of criminal misrule of the old politicians&period; We have no other country we can call our own&period; The coming election of 2023 is very crucial and strategic to the continued existence of our dear country&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Onitiri urged Nigerians not to sell their votes&comma; but to vote their conscience and therefore vote wisely&comma; reiterating that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Enough is enough&period; Vote out poverty&comma; insecurity&comma; diseases&comma; corruption and bad governance&period; This is certainly not the type of democracy we fought for in 1993&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Onitiri stressed that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nigeria is too sick to be trusted with old&comma; nepostic&comma; tribalistic and expired politicians to govern&period; Nigerians needed a vibrant&comma; agile&comma; selfless&comma; austitute and visionary leader to help us out of the myriad of problems facing the nation&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;