Ex PDP’s governorship candidate in Lagos, Ade Dosunmu has stepped down from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He made the decision at a news conference in Lagos on Wednesday which was the main purpose for the event.
The statement read in part:“I am moving to the APC together with my teaming supporters and political associates. We arrived at this decision after a careful observation of the current political developments and atmosphere in our dear state. We also based our decision on the dynamic leadership of Asiwju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the manner with which the incumbent governor His Excellency Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been piloting the affairs of our dear state since he assumed the office about four years ago.” 
“My dear good people of Lagos, from the onset of this democratic dispensation in 1999, I have been a committed member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. You will also recall that had even, on the platform of the party, contested for the gubernatorial and senatorial seats respectively in 2011 and 2015,” he said.
“The self-inflicted internal wrangling/crisis in the ex party has always affected its electoral fortune in the state. Looking at these pitfalls and the need to join other progressives in building a better country and state. I decided to retrace my political journey”“The APC/Asiwaju’s victory at the February 25, 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections remains a landmark in the political and electoral history of our dear state and Nigeria as a whole.“It is indeed a political phenomenon that has shaped, to a large extent, political events in our dear state. It has, indeed remained a permanent landmark in our political evolution and therefore calls for political realignment in the interest of service to the Nation and Lagos State.“The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a great politician and a strategist. As governor of Lagos State (1999-2007), he brought brilliance, expertise and varied knowledge, exemplary vision and effectiveness to bear on governance in the state. Evidence of his brilliant performance abound in terms of the various reforms he introduced and projects he embarked upon and completed,” he added.
Further explaining, he stated that the incumbent, Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is a man of exceptional dynamism, a listener and good crisis manager.“ A vote for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is a vote for strong collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria under the able leadership of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This will no doubt bring unprecedented development to Lagos State and enhance the quality of life of its resident. My teaming supporters and I will spare no effort to work for wider acceptability and electoral victory for the APC – our new party, in Lagos State come March 18, 2023,” he said
