Senator Rashidi Ladoja on the march again, joins another party

AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS: Former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Ladoja is on the march again to another party, the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

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A chieftain of the PDP said Ladoja’s decision to defect to African Democratic Congress was not unconnected with alleged plans to impose Engineer Seyi Makinde as the Oyo State PDP governorship candidate in the 2019 general elections from Abuja.
The former governor is also said to be worried about what our source described as the lack of internal democracy in the management of the affairs of the party by the Oyo state chapter.
The source said, “He (Ladoja) will leave the party in the next four or five days. He is not happy that a governorship aspirant is about to be imposed on the people of Oyo. In 2015, this candidate ran but was not successful.
“I believe the reason for his anger is that whoever emerges as the governorship candidate must pass through a legitimate, democratic process but there is a design to subvert this by ensuring that the person becomes the candidate at all cost.

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“Another worry for him is that the party is running short of internal democracy and this would be very dangerous for the PDP in Oyo State. A party that is coming to an electoral contest from the position of weakness needs to know that only by adhering strictly to the rules of the game would it stand a chance of victory,” he said.
On Ladoja’s possible destination, the erstwhile Minister said the ex- governor will not join the All Progressives Congress (APC) for “obvious reasons,” adding that he has his mind up on his next move. Pressed to reveal where the ex-federal lawmaker is headed, he said, “He’s very likely to join the African Democratic Congress. Stalwarts of that party have been reaching out to him in recent times and I believe they now have their man.”

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Another top leader in Ladoja’s camp said, “…they gang up against Ladoja and tried to humiliate him by buying PDP over. A Senator Ladoja is a political Iroko in Oyo State and you cannot tame a lion with a rope.”
He went further, “Baba remain the last man standing with the masses of Oyo State and the ark of covenant of governance for 2019 is in his hand and wherever he tilts, the party will go.”

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