Olorunrinu lost his re-election bid to APC candidate, Mrs. Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, in the March 9 House of Assembly election with 278 votes.The lawmaker informed the House of his defection at the plenary through a letter titled: “Letter of Defection from PDP to APC, addressed to the Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa.
“Not to be reckon with because it is a party that lacks structure, it is a party that lacks vision for Nigeria of tomorrow. The Speaker welcomed Olorunrinu to APC and commended him for his decision, while other APC lawmakers also received him into the party. “I want to thank you for lending your voice to what have been our position from quite sometime that the best party in Nigeria today is APC.“Distinguished colleagues, we are now 40 members of APC. Thank you for joining us,” Obasa said.reports that eight PDP lawmakers were elected into the 40-member Lagos Assembly in the 2015 general elections, but seven defected to the ruling party in 2017.
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