Ahead of the March 9 governorship election, the major political parties in Oyo State have formed alliances toward winning the election and forming a coalition government.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the alliances which commenced in the last 72 hours had begun to yield fruits for some political parties in the state.
Wale Ohu, the Director-General, Akala Campaign Organisation, told NAN on Saturday night, that the former governor’s campaign team in ADP had aligned with the APC in the state. “If you look at the result of the last election in the state, you will realise that all the APC needed was to have a formidable alliance with us.The ADP chieftain said that a combination of APC’s nine elected representatives with one from the ADP was enough to bring the victory.
Bolaji Ayorinde, the SDP governorship candidate, told journalists after the meeting that they had all adopted Makinde as their consensus candidate to slug it out with Adelabu of APC.Mr Ayorinde, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , said that other opposition parties in the state would join the coalition aimed at forming a government of unity.
“With the development, as you can see, Engineer Seyi Makinde is here, smiling, I am here and I am smiling, some of our other colleagues are possibly still with their caucuses and I believe they are also smiling. “By now, If I say we are five, by the time we finish talking to you, we may be seven, we may be eight. Every minute, we have been talking on how to come together as a government of unity in Oyo state.Mr Makinde, on his part, expressed optimism that the people of the state would vote for him as the next governor of the state.
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