Politicians running on the Labour Party platform in Oyo State’s House of Assembly and gubernatorial elections have distanced themselves from the supposed endorsement of Peoples Democratic Party Governor Seyi Makinde (PDP).
The candidates, as well as the Obidient Movement, a group supporting the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, have stated that they would not support either the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state.
These revelations were revealed by the candidates and the Obidient Movement during a joint news conference on Monday in Ibadan.
On Sunday, a faction of the Labour Party expressed their support for the PDP, according to DRILLOGIST.
Sodiq Atayese, the party’s chairman, claimed that he and other members of the party have backed PDP governor Seyi Makinde.
Nonetheless, the candidates and the Obidient movement in the state have stated that they would not endorse any of the two political parties, APC or PDP.
The candidates and the movement asked party members to vote in large numbers for party candidates on March 11, 2023.
Ayodeji Babalola (Ibadan South East constituency 2), one of the House of Assembly candidates, addressed at a news conference held at the Obi/Datti Campaign headquarters in Oke Ado.
Babalola, who read the communique signed by other candidates included; Mr. Kayode Adejumo-Bello, Candidate, Ibadan North Constituency 2; Mr. Temidayo Taiwo, Candidate, Ibadan South-West Constituency 2; Mrs. Oluwatoyin Okunlola, Candidate Oluyole Constituency and Mr. Sumonu Musa, Candidate Ibadan North-East Constituency 2, enjoined the people of the state to vote for all the candidates of the party during the forthcoming gubernatorial and house of assembly elections.
“Our attention has been drawn to a news item making the rounds in both the traditional and social media, on the declaration of support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC) by some minority factions of the leadership of Labour Party in Oyo State towards the forthcoming Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections in the State, an action that was taken unilaterally and in pursuit of personal agenda and aggrandisement.
“The movement and all candidates hereby totally dissociate itself from the selfish stand of those negligible and greedy elements. The entire public is hereby put on notice to beware of this desperate move.
“All Obi-dient members are hereby urged to remain calm, maintain status quo ante bellum, while we go out en masse on Saturday to massively vote for all our state assembly candidates and our gubernatorial candidate, Taofiq Tayo Akinwale.”
