Still in the aura of political parties alliance, the Labour Party Caretaker Committee in Ogun State has collapsed the party’s structure to form an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
SaharaReporters reported that the Ogun LP Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker Committee, Tokunbo Peters, made this known in a statement released on Friday.
According to Peters, the governorship candidate of the PDP, Ladi Adebutu, has become the party’s preferred choice.
He noted that 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”.
LP also stated that, the alliance was necessitated as the Independent National Electoral Commission failed to include its candidate in the list of valid governorship aspirants in the state.
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.”
