Daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, who resigned her membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress last week, was on Wednesday formally received back into the Peoples Democratic Party.
At a well-attended, carnival-like event held at the party secretariat in Abeokuta, the state chairman of the party, Dr Abayomi Tella, supported by other party leaders, presented Obasanjo with the party flag, formally announcing her as its senatorial candidate for Ogun Central ahead of the 2027 elections.
The reception was preceded by a procession through major streets in Abeokuta by Obasanjo, flanked by the party’s governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, her supporters, and PDP members from Ogun Central and other parts of the state.
Speaking at the event, Dr Tella said: “On behalf of our National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed, and the entire National Working Committee of the PDP, I, Dr Abayomi Tella, the state chairman of the PDP, and
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