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Bayelsa Governor’s media aide joins PDP in Ogun state

Yenagoa—A media aide to Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa state, Dr Kolawole Oredipe, has officially joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State on Sunday, Punch newspaper reports.

Oredipe who is also a broadcaster and director revealed this to newsmen in an interview in Abeokuta.

The media practitioner, who hails from Iperu-Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, explained that he had spent over 20 years practising journalism and had become an authority on coverage of the Niger Delta region.

Oradipo said he will follow the footprints of many journalists to join active politics very soon.

He added that though he is currently serving in Bayelsa, his politics will be centered in his home state.

He said, “I had wished to join active politics, having been an active union leader at NUJ, I contested for the chairmanship of Bayelsa State Council of NUJ, and I came second. People were surprised that I, a Yoruba man, amassed that amount of votes.

“So, I am returning to Ogun State even though I am still serving in Bayelsa. I will play my politics more in Ogun state. My story is about a journalist going into politics.

“We have several of them like Smart Adeyemi, the current governor of Bauchi State was also once a journalist. We have them all over. So, I am here in Ogun state to formally announce that I am joining active politics.”

He, however, said he was yet to decide on his political future.

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