Drama As Accord Nat’l Chairman, Nalado Reacts To Oyo Party’s Alliance With Seyi Makinde
Prior to the upcoming governorship election on Saturday, the national chairman of Accord, Malam Muhammad Nalado, countered a report that the party had abandoned its Adebayo Adelabu candidate for governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde.
In a statement, Nalado promised that the party’s national secretariat would punish any Oyo State executive implicated in the aforementioned report or any anti-party action. Additionally, he claimed that those who supported the agreement with Makinde were bought off by the governor with large sums of money.
According to him, Adelabu is still the party’s governorship candidate in the state and that all will take part in the Saturday election as well as all the party’s house of assembly candidates.
He said, “The misinformation that Accord is in pact with the PDP in Oyo State is nothing further from the truth. We have always been aware of the anti-party antics and activities of the state chairman, Mr. Kolade Ojo, and those encouraging him.
“We have it on good authority that they collected N500m from Governor Makinde, who has been running helter-skelter, having known that the people have pitched their tents with Accord and Adelabu.
“Our governorship candidate in Oyo State remains Adebayo Adelabu. We are convinced that he has the perfect pedigree to turn Oyo State into an enjoyable haven.
“The party leadership would soon meet to issue appropriate sanctions on the anti-party activities as evidenced in the action of Ojo, the party secretary and those encouraging the anti party activity.”
Recall that the state chapter of the party earlier on Wednesday in a press conference declared their support for the incumbent governor, Seyi Makinde
