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Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, raised the alarm over plans by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to postpone the South West zonal congress of the party.
According to Makinde, the tone has been set for this postponement with some members of the PDP in the South West going to court to demand relocation of the zonal congress that has been scheduled to hold in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
He warned that the PDP may plunge itself into crisis should the NWC collude and allow the intentions of some “reactionary elements” within the party to hold sway.
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Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan
The Secretary of the Zenith Labour Party in Oyo State, Bimbo Adepoju, has said the leader of the party and a former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, are holding talks.
It was gathered that Ladoja, who was elected Oyo State Governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, might have concluded plans to defect to the party.
The party scribe spoke in Ibadan on Friday on the sidelines of the unveiling of Kolawoke Olaniyan as the new chairman of the ZLP in the state.
This followed the defection of the erstwhile chairman of the party, Wole Abisoye, and five other local government chairmen of the party to the ruling PDP on Wednesday.
Akinwale Aboluwade
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, in company with the Chairman, Governor’s Advisory Council, Senator Hosea Agboola a.k.a. Alleluyah, on Wednesday received some loyalists of a former governor of the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, into the ruling Peoples Democratic Party at the government house.
The Zenith Labour Party members, led by the state Chairman of the party, Wole Abisoye, pledged their allegiance to Governor Makinde and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
It will be recalled that Ladoja led the coalition political parties that midwifed the electoral victory of Governor Makinde in the 2019 election.
The new defectors, lauding the governor for his welfarist policy, sang solidarity songs in support of the administration in the state.
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