The Labour Party (LP) in Oyo state has dumped its gubernatorial candidate for the Saturday, March 11 election, Tawfiq Akinwale, for Governor Seyi Makinde.
Sadiq Atayese, the LP chairman in Oyo, during a press conference disclosed that the decision to pick Makinde was made by the party’s working committee, The Cable reports.
Atayese said the Oyo LP chose to work with Makinde, whose ideology rhymes with its own in terms of securing lives and property, infrastructural development, food security, education and human capital development.
The LP boss added that from the results of the presidential election, it is now a reality that no individual party can win the coming gubernatorial election single-handedly.
According to him, “the main priority should be to ensure that citizens win through the election of a candidate that best serves their collective interests.” Giving his general advice, Atayese noted that going forward, the right thing for parties and their candidates is to form alliances with persons with common ideologies.
Arguing that the Oyo governor excels above all other candidates based on his track record in the state, Atayese said the party will use its structure across local government areas to support his re-election.
