The Ogun State Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party have formed an alliance just twenty-four hours before the governor and state house of assembly elections.
The All Progressives Congress’s Dapo Abiodun, who is running for re-election as governor in the state, was reportedly the objective of the party’s coalition.
Abiodun’s bid for a second term has received support from a section of the Labour Party.
The endorsement has been criticized by the caretaker committee, which the national leadership established.
Ladi Adebutu of the PDP was named as the party’s pick for governor by the Labour Party caretaker committee, according to a statement released on Friday by Tokunbo Peters, the party’s publicity secretary in the state.
Among the parties making overtures to it, the party claimed to have chosen the PDP.
The party said that several parties were reaching out to it as a result of its successful performance in the state’s most recent election.
The PDP was chosen, according to the Labour Party, because its platform, goals, and ideologies aligned with those of the party.
The statement read, “This last-minute alliance which was consolidated Thursday with the signing of a working agreement between the chairmen and gubernatorial candidates of the two parties in Abeokuta was mostly necessitated by the failure of INEC to list the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party to contest tomorrow’s gubernatorial election.
“After the strong showing of the Labour Party in Ogun State in the last presidential election, the party became the beautiful bride and a lot of parties, including the ruling party, made overtures to Labour Party for either an endorsement or an alliance.
“But after careful consideration of all its options, the Labour Party decided to align with the PDP.
“The choice of the PDP was informed by the fact that the manifesto, mission and ideology of the PDP were similar to that of the Labour Party.
“The gubernatorial candidate of the PDP Hon Ladi Adebutu shares the same vision of running a populist, prudent and all-inclusive government just like Kehinde Sogunle, the Labour Party candidate.
“The Labour Party is committed to the agenda of rescuing, resetting and renewing Ogun State and has a firm belief that its collaboration with PDP will achieve the set goals of bequeathing purposeful government to the traumatised citizens of the state.”
