Guber Polls: Oyo Accord in Disarray As Oyedemi, Others Dump Party, Back Folarin
Guber Polls: Oyo Accord in Disarray As Oyedemi, Others Dump Party, Back Folarin.
A lawyer, Wakeel Oyeleru Oyedemi, Accord candidate in AFIJIO/Atiba/Oyo East/Oyo West federal constituency election, has rejoined the All Progressives Congress, APC, OYOINSIGHT.COM reported.
At an ongoing event in Oyo town, Oyedemi was seen embracing everyone.
This newspaper understands that Oyedemi scored 13,544 at the just concluded election with the winner and first runner-up, Akeem Adeyemi and Kamil Akinlabi garnering 34,822 and 31,621 votes respectively.
The coming of Oyedemi into the APC will, in no small way, boost the chance of Teslim Folarin, governorship candidate of the party.
In a similar development, Dr David Okanlawon, house of representatives candidate of Accord Party in February 25, 2023 elections in Ibarapa North/Ibarapa Central constituency has also dumped Accord, and returned to his former party, the All Progressives Congress(APC).
Okanlawon, an engineer, was a member of the APC before joining Accord in the build up to the 2023 election.
Okanlawon in a chat with this newspaper said that he was happy to be back home.
Alhaji Wasiu Adebisi, an Abuja-based Oyo indigene, was said to have brokered the deal just like he did for Wakeel Oyedemi of Accord.
Also, Bashiru Lawal of Social Democratic Party, SDP in ATISBO/Saki East/Saki West federal Constituency has also dumped SDP for APC.
Lawal, an architect, was chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, and later chairman of Accord when Rashidi Ladoja, was governorship candidates.
Other Accord standardbearers, and other parties’ candidates have teamed up with Sen. Folarin of APC while many others are also perfecting plans to do so.
