Following the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oyo state, Lawmaker representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the Red Chamber, Senator Kola Balogun has resigned his membership of the party.
This was contained in a statement issued by the media aide to Senator Balogun, Mr Dapo Falade who said the letter was received and acknowledged by the PDP Ward Chairman, Tijani Wasiu, on April 29, 2022.
Balogun is the only senator elected on the platform of PDP in the state in 2019 after he defeated the immediate past governor, late Abiola Ajimobi and other candidates in the election.
“I, Sen. Kola Balogun, representing Oyo South Senatorial District in the ninth Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria, hereby tender my membership resignation from PDP with effect from April 28.
“I thank the party for giving me the opportunity to serve my people in the capacity of a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and your cooperation which I enjoyed till the month of April 2022.
“I wish the party the best of luck. I thank you,” Balogun said in the letter.
He thanked the party for giving him the opportunity to serve as a senator in the ninth Assembly.
