OGUN: Adebutu-led PDP faction adopts Amosu’s Akinlade as gov candidate

More inter-party commotion trails the March 9 governorship elections as factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has endorsed governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples’ Movement (APM), Adekunle Akinlade.

This follows a Federal High Court, sitting in Abeokuta, order that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dissolves the primaries that elected Adebutu as the party’s governorship candidate in the state.

Similarly, former Ogun State governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gbenga Daniel, has declared his support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Dapo Abiodun.

Factional Chairman of the PDP in the state, Dr Sikirulai Ogundele, while addressing the press at the Park Inn Hotel, Kuto, Abeokuta, said Adebutu, and the PDP under his leadership adopted Akinlade because of the latter’s credibility.

Ogundele said, “Ladi Adebutu and the entire PDP of Ogun State that I am leading have adopted Adekunle Akinlade, based on his credibility, uprightness, responsiveness, and calmness.

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“The candidate that is being influenced by the APC to be our candidate is not credible enough. I attended a university and I have my PhD, so I cannot campaign for somebody that is just a dropout.

PDP’s adoption of Akinlade comes after Amosun and his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) both disagreed over the party’s performance at last presidential and National Assembly polls.

According to Amosun, the victory recorded by President Mohammadu Buhari in the state was as a result of a coalition facilitated by his loyalists both in the APC and the Allied Peoples Movement.

However, the party in a statement by Tunde Oladunjoye, the Publicity Secretary of the APC Caretaker Committee in the state, thought otherwise, as it said Amosu would have lost the Ogun Central senatorial election for the APC.

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