Nigeria, Oct. 30 -- Some members of the opposition political parties in Ondo State, namely the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), and Action Alliance (AA), have formally declared their allegiance to the All Progressives Congress (APC)

Coming under the umbrella of the Nigeria Work Station, a political advocacy and research group, the politicians said they were defecting from their parties because of the failure of the opposition in the state.

The defectors were formally received in Akure on Wednesday by the Minister of Interior, Tunji Ojo, and the Ondo State APC Chairman, Ade Adetimehin.

Those who decamped include Kennedy Peretei, Convener of the Nigeria Workstation, who resigned as the State Publicity Secret...