Ondo state commissioner, Special Assistant resign and defect to APC

Ondo State Commissioner for Community Development and Cooperative Services, Mrs Yetunde Adeyanju, and a special assistant to the governor, Giwa Rasheed, have both resigned their appointment with the state government. They also announced their defections from the Peoples Democratic party (PDP) which is the ruling party in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Adeyanju said afterwards that with the resignation, a “huge burden has been lifted off my shoulders.”
She said her relief stems from the fact that she will now enjoy “a refreshing freedom from a political family where impunity reigns, freedom from subversion of democratic principles and indeed, freedom from deification of sycophancy.”
Ondo state goes to the poll later this year to elect a new governor who will replace the outgoing PDP governor, Segun Mimiko.
In the last seven years of the PDP in the state, Adeyanju had previously served as executive chairman of Ondo State Waste Management Board, executive chairman of Ondo State Development Company Limited before being made commissioner.
“Wherever I served, I discharged my duties with utmost dedication and unassailable integrity; notwithstanding the culture of greed, avarice and absolute disregard for the masses,” she said.
“Having exited the conundrum of capricious politics, I have, therefore, decided to align myself with true progressives in the APC. While I salute the patriots in the APC, I also want to hail President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade,” she said.