The Chairman of the Social Democratic Party in Oyo State, Michael Okunlade, on Wednesday, alleged that the governorship candidate of the party, Michael Lana, traded his mandate with the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, ahead of Saturday's election.
The party chairman said most of the candidates who reached a compromise with him to work for Makinde did not pay a dime for the nomination form.
“We are symbols of the party. Our decision and position remain Teslim Folarin for governor. Lana did not come out to vote in the last election. Let him show us a picture of where he cast his vote. We have pictures of all other governorship candidates where they voted. He is a noise maker. Reacting to the allegation in a telephone interview, Lana maintained that he was not carried along when the party collapsed the structure for Folarin.
On the allegation that he didn’t pay for the nomination form, Lana said, “Let him bring his account number and state how much we’ve been paying into his account.”
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