A chieftain of Accord Party in Oyo State, Joseph Abidakun, has urged the state governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, to be wary of political jobbers in appointing his commissioners and other political appointees.
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Adebayo Adelabu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, has filed a petition at the tribunal to challenge the victory of Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party in the March 9 election.
A former Minister of Sports and Special Duties, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party and joined the All Progressives Congress.
The All Progressives Congress, Oyo State Chapter has charged Seyi Makinde, the state Governor-elect, to prepare for art of governance and stop chasing shadows.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the people of Oyo State to cooperate with Seyi Makinde, the governor-elect of the state.
The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has assured the state Governor-elect, Seyi Makinde, of his administration’s full support towards a successful change of baton and smooth take off of the incoming administration.
The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has congratulated the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, who was declared winner of Saturday’s election by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party has emerged winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Oyo State.
The Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the people’s will would prevail in Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly Elections.
A former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has officially endorsed the aspiration of the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the state, Seyi Makinde.
This was announced at the Bodija, Ibadan residence of a former Governor of the State, Rashidi Ladoja, on Saturday
The Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has said the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, is suffering from perennial losses.
The PDP candidate made the allegation in a statement by the Media Coordinator of the Makinde Campaign Office, Dotun Oyelade, on Monday.
Makinde, who contested with one other aspirant, Senator Ayo Adeseun, scored 2,772 votes to secure the PDP ticket while the second contestant scored 21 votes.
Makinde spoke in Ibadan when he hosted over 600 PDP executives at the wards and 33 local governments in the state to an interactive meeting
Ladoja on Monday threatened to dump the party for another one over the move to harmonise the list of executive officers in Oyo State.
To underscore the seriousness attached to the move, a committee has been set up to shop for an alternative party by the Ladoja group as the 2019 election gathers momentum
Mustafa, believed to be loyal to the party’s leader in the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, had told journalists that the Zonal Chairman was unduly supporting proponents of harmonization plot to destabilise the PDP in the state
Four parties formed the coalition
Makinde, who recalled how the opposition parties in the 2015 general election like the PDP, Social Democratic Party, Labour and Accord failed to come together and dislodge the APC, which won the election with about 32 per cent of the total votes cast, said the inability of the party leaders to forgive one another and speak with one voice cost them to fritter away 68 per cent votes of the electorate.