Rumoured defection: Jimi Agbaje debunked claim

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Following a series of posts trending on social media indicating that Jimi Agbaje, former governorship candidate of the PDP, has decamped to APC to work for Bola Tinubu in the forthcoming presidential election, Mr. Jimi has debunked the claim.

Jimi Agbaje has come out to deny ever defecting or planning to do so in a chat with our source on Wednesday. His answer to the question of defection was: “Definitely not. No truth to the story.”

His denial came amid reports that he had decamped to APC from PDP.

The rumour started when a post surfaced online in which Agbaje was quoted as calling on youths to accept APC in the country.

The post came with a picture, and text reading, “Lagos 2023 elections: Jimi Agbaje joins APC …in support of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu”.

Titled ‘Awalokan 2023,’ a text shared along with the picture read, “I’m fully back in APC to join our South-West leaders as well as progressive Family and friends in Lagos State.

“The Awalokan 2023 is a project that both young and old in all the nooks and crannies of the Southwest should be embraced.

“On this note, I sincerely join APC from the major opposition party to add my strength.

“I believe It’s time to support and also appreciate Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the forthcoming Presidential election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.”

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