Fresh Headache for Makinde as 3 Accord Reps Candidates Dump Party, Join APC’s Folarin in Oyo

• The second term bid of the Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde has been faced with a huge threat following
• Ahead of the March 11 election, the APC governorship candidate in the state has received a major backing
• This is as three Accord Party House of Reps candidates dump the party, decamped to APC, and declared support for Sen. Teslim Folarin

A lot is happening in Oyo state, a few days before the Saturday, March 11, election.

Barely two days to the Governorship and House of Assembly poll in Oyo State, three House of Representatives candidates of the Accord Party have joined the camp of Senator Teslim Folarin, Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Details of defectors emerge

The defectors from Oke-Ogun, Ibarapa and Oyo zones, along with their supporters, on Wednesday in Ibadan, announced they’re coming back to APC.

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They are Wakeel Oyedemi (Afijio/Atiba/Oyo East/Oyo West); Bashiru Lawal (Atisbo, Saki East and Saki West) and David Okanlawon (Ibarapa Central/Ibarapa North).

Vanguard reports that they had initially left the party due to an internal crisis that greeted the party’s primaries.

APC lands in big trouble as 9 governorship candidates endorse PDP flagbearer

The March 11 governorship election could be tougher in Kaduna state for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as 9 candidates unanimously endorsed Isah Muhammad Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to Leadership, the endorsement of the PDP flagbearer came 4 days before the governorship election based on the schedule of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The 9 political parties that have collapsed structure for Ashiru in Kaduna state are All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Action Alliance (AA), National Rescue Movement (NRM), Young Progressive Party (YPP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Democratic Party (ADP), Accord Party (AP), and Action Peoples Party (APP).

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Makinde’s 2nd term threatened as 190,000 PDP members drum up support for Oyo APC guber candidate

The second term bid of the governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde, may have come under threat.

This is as about 190,000 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State declare their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s governorship candidate, Teslim Folarin, ahead of the Saturday, March 11, 2023, governorship election.

The supporters, under the platform PDP Vanguard, made this known in a statement on their official Twitter account @pdpvanguard on Wednesday, March 1st.

Source: Legit.ng