either the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party or the opposition All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, are currently at the root of a serious crisis rocking the ex-governor’s camp.
“It is a fact that we want to move to a party where we can be better positioned to participate in elections with the chances of emerging victorious. It is not enough to always wait for big parties we can form alliances with during elections. Ladoja is a big political figure. He is currently the biggest political entity in Oyo State today. It is not advisable for him to remain in the ZLP with the huge followership he enjoys across the state. He has the political clout and reach.
The parties said the coalition became necessary because they want to liberate Oyo State from the oppressive rule of the APC administration and subsequently form an all –inclusive administration that would turn around the state’s infrastructural development. Soon after Lanlehin’s exit, the gubernatorial candidate of the ZLP, Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli, also raised alarm that the governor was not fulfilling the promises he made to the coalition before the election. He said the governor has denied the ZLP political patronage, in alleged repudiation of the agreement between them. “A man’s word should also be his bond. The governor should go into retrospect and review our 2019 political coalition agreement.
Ladoja said leaders of the ZLP restrained him from intervening to resolve the disagreement between Governor Makinde and the party in the state. Ladoja said ZLP as a party, asked him to stay clear of the tussle, adding that it vowed to handle it in its own way. The former governor said Makinde had been treating him as an individual political leader, stressing that he respects the governor’s decisions and those of the ZLP.