Iyabo Obasanjo Returns to PDP a Week After Leaving APC

Daughter of former Nigerian President, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, has rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), barely one week after leaving the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Iyabo had switched from the PDP to the APC in January, announcing her intention to run for governor of Ogun State.

She said the PDP had betrayed her, reaching out only when they needed her to mobilise support during elections.

“I think they’re idiots, if you can put it that way. And I think they’re idiots because if elections are about people and if you don’t reach out to the people that are prominent in your party, how do you win elections? You can’t,” she stressed.

Her defection marks a return to active politics after a 15‑year absence.

However, the former Ogun State Commissioner for Health and noted epidemiologist announced her resignation from the APC last Monday after losing the party’s governorship ticket.

Iyabo said she had been disrespected, rejected and maltreated by the party’s leadership in Ogun State.

DAILY POST reports that on Monday the former commissioner made a surprise appearance at the official unveiling of the PDP deputy governorship candidate, Lateefah Yemi Sowunmi‑Kolapo, at the party’s secretariat in Abeokuta.

Upon her arrival, the party secretariat erupted in excitement as leaders and members gave her a rousing welcome.

Supporters at the venue gathered around Senator Obasanjo, chanting solidarity songs and hailing her amid visible excitement, while several attendees struggled to catch a glimpse of the former APC stalwart as she acknowledged the crowd.

Speaking briefly at the event, she assured the electorate in the state that the era of stealing the mandate of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, was over.

She told her supporters to expect her official defection to the party in the coming days.

Meanwhile, the party announced Iyabo Obasanjo as its candidate for the Ogun Central Senatorial District in the coming elections.