NIGERIA- Ekiti State lawmaker in the National House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Labour Party (LP).

The above development which followed series of political face-off between the lawmaker and the Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, was revealed yesterday in Emure, Ekiti State by Mr. Bamidele himself, saying the party lacks internal democracy.

“To this extent, therefore, I, Michael Opeyemi Bamidele, in conjunction with many notable leaders and members of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ekiti State, have resolved to seek for membership of another progressive party with immediate effect rather than proceeding to register as new members of the All Progressive Congress (APC),” the lawmaker said.

“While not attempting to undermine the APC as a newly registered political party with progressive inclination, we make bold to say that the leadership of APC in Ekiti State has, like a really upsetting tragedy, been hijacked by pseudo-democrats and reactionary elements who would stop at nothing to hold on to political power even when they have clearly been rejected by the masses.”

It would be recalled that both Fayemi and Bamidele became political enemies following the lawmaker’s insistence to contest the 2014 governorship election in the state under the same platform as the governor.

The lawmaker snubbed the advice of party leaders to allow the governor take a second shot unopposed as the party’s candidate in next year’s gubernatorial election.