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The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Abayomi Tella, has said that those who dumped the party for the the All Progressives Congress (APC) are now sidelined.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Tella claimed that the defectors have now become onlookers in the ruling party because they were not part of the party’s foundation.

Recall that the immediate past chairman of PDP in the state, Sikirulai Ogundele, and others dumped the party for the ruling APC in July 2025.

However, Tella has warned that the APC may not fully integrate the defectors because they were never part of the party’s struggle for power.

“It is no longer enviable for a politician to cross from PDP to APC because most of our members who have gone there (APC) have become onlookers. They were not part of their system from day one.

“When the members of the party were working for their victory the defectors were not there, so they will still be treated as outsiders,” Tella said.

Tella, however, said the PDP is open to welcoming either Governor Dapo Abiodun or the senator representing Ogun East, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, back to the fold.

He said the PDP would work to gain from the rift between Abiodun and Daniel, should either of the two fail to secure the ticket and need a platform to run.

He said Abiodun, Daniel and former Governor Ibikunle Amosun all have political roots in the PDP, declaring that they would be welcome back at any time.

The chairman said, “Part of politics is rift, and PDP gaining from it is also part of politics. We will begin to look at areas where the PDP can gain from the ongoing rift between Dapo Abiodun and OGD, because Dapo Abiodun may not likely get his senatorial ticket from the APC. Maybe this rift will help us in luring Dapo Abiodun back to the PDP so that we can rehabilitate him for him to fit into the ideologies of PDP

“If it is OGD that we can lure back into PDP, he is welcome. We will gladly harvest him back into the party because he is already a good breed.

“It will also be a plus for us to harvest Amosun back into PDP because we know bringing people like OGD, Abiodun, and Amosun into PDP is a big win for the party. The three of them are from this party, but it’s ambition that drove them away.

“We will begin to work immediately on the rift between Abiodun and OGD to ensure that PDP gains from it. They don’t need to be fighting in APC when they can just come to PDP where they left.”