Former Special Adviser and Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, under the immediate past administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, may be planning an exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

According to a reportKuku alongside one of his associates, Chief Bibopere Ajube, alias General Shoot at Sight, have sent a message to their supporters to prepare and join the ruling APC in Ondo State.

The planned defection could cause more crisis for the PDP in the state as both Kuku and Ajube are two major financiers of the party. While Kuku was the brain behind the nomination of Mr. John Ola Mafo as running mate to the PDP’s governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, Ajube reportedly funded the party in Ese-Odo Local Government Area in the November 26, 2016 governorship election won by APC’s incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

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However, it has not been confirmed if Kuku’s alleged decision to join the APC is linked with the need to have a soft landing in his probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) while he headed the Amnesty Office under then president Jonathan.

Also, Ajube, who is an associate of Kuku, is said to have opened discussions with some close confidants of Governor Akeredolu on behalf of Kuku, even as he seeks to retain the local vigilante job given to his company, Gallery Security Services Limited by the immediate-past governor, Olusegun Mimiko.

Kuku is reportedly currently on self-exile in the United States, owing to his running battle with the EFCC over alleged mismanagement of Amnesty funds.