"We are tired of jumping with you from one party to another" - Supporters Of Oyo Ex-governor

Supporters of former governor of Oyo state, Rashidi Ladoja, have sent him a message saying they were tired of his defection from party to party.

According to the Nation, the supporters made this decision at a meeting held in Okaka, Itesiwaju Local Government Area on Wednesday, December 6.

The former governor recently dumped the African Democratic Congress (ADC) for Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). It was the third time he defected from one party to another in the last two years.

He reportedly “dumped Accord party for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last year after contesting as governor and failing twice on Accord’s platform, which he joined in 2010.

“But he defected to the ADC in May following irreconcilable differences with the new leader of the PDP in the state, Mr Seyi Makinde.”

In a communique released at the end of the meeting, Ladoja’s supporters said they would not leave the ADC with him although they recognise him as their leader.

The communique reads: “The meeting noted that Senator Ladoja is still recognised as our leader and we have been loyal to him up till now. All the times he contested elections, we supported his candidature with everything we had. It was noted that loyalty is not transferable: our loyalty to Senator Ladoja is, therefore, not transferable.

“We recognised that having believed in Senator Lanlehin (another disciple of Senator Ladoja), he (Ladoja) endorsed him as the ADC governorship candidate for Oyo State in the 2019 general election. We hereby pledge our continued support for the candidature of Senator Lanlehin as the ADC governorship candidate for Oyo State in the forthcoming election.

“The meeting, therefore, unanimously resolved that the Oke-Ogun Ladoja Political Group affirms that we still remain as members of ADC in Oyo State, Nigeria with an unflinching support for Senator Lanlehin’s governorship candidature.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Ladoja announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to African Democratic Congress (ADC).

In a ceremony witnessed by his associates and loyalists at his residence in Ibadan on Friday, August 3, the former governor said the national leadership of PDP was unfair to him despite his genuine intention to return to the party he jointly built and on whose ticket he governed the state between 2003-2007.

He had said that the efforts and sacrifices he made to stabilise the PDP in the state and in the country went unrecognized as the party leadership sidelined him in drawing up lists of candidates for ward, local government and state congresses.