ADC, ZLP, SDP finally adopt PDP guber candidate, Makinde

Four opposition political parties in Oyo Monday collapsed their governorship aspirations in support PDP gubernatorial candidate, Mr Seyi Makinde, as their consensus candidate for the March 9 election.

Coming under a coalition, the parties namely the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), said they arrived at the decision after a crucial meeting.

The parties said their decision to form an alliance to tackle the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) started few days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

They said the coalition became necessary because they want to liberate Oyo state from the oppressive rule of the APC administration and subsequently form an all –inclusive administration that would turn around the state’s infrastructural development.

A statement jointly signed by the parties showed that the coalition alliance was midwifed by a former governor of the state who doubles as candidate of the ADP, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala.

It said Alao-Akala had approached former governor Rasidi Ladoja on the need for him to lead other opposition political parties to defeat the APC.

But, Alao-Akala after a meeting with former governor of Lagos state Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu abandoned the group and aligned with the Adelabu of APC.

Alao-Akala resolved to abandon the coalition and pitch his tent with APC and Adelabu, following an alleged statement credited to Ladoja that it was only an Ibadan man that can tackle Adelabu who is also from the ancient city.

The Director General of the PDP campaign Mr. Bayo Lawal and his counterparts in ADC, Alhaji Bashiru Lawal; ZLP, Mr. Waheed Akanbi and the head, SDP campaign committee, Chief M. A. Oke jointly signed the agreement to tackle Adelabu and APC, with a promise to make details of the agreement public later.

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