The opposition party said Mr Matawalle’s confession showed that the ruling party is responsible for banditry and other insecurity in the country.
PDP has constituted an appeal panel to meet on Tuesday amid the confusion over the emergence of two governorship candidates.
“Under President Buhari, Nigerians are now subjected to the worst form of poverty and hardship, with collapsed purchasing power, occasioned by a voodoo economy management.
The governor said his defection was to align the state with the ruling party at the centre for prosperous growth and development.
The party said the decision was reached after a reconciliatory meeting with concerned party operatives from the South-West.
The PDP is facing a leadership crisis in the South-West over the party’s authentic leader in the zone.
The PDP spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan told Peoples Gazette that “the party does not believe that there is any issue.”
The membership drive of the APC has faced hitches since it commenced.
PDP had in July 2019 suspended the seven lawmakers for anti-party activities.
