Former governor of Oyo State and founder of Accord Party, Senator Rasidi Ladoja, has dumped the party he mid-wifed, and defected to the main opposition – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ladoja, who reportedly re-registered as a member of the PDP alongside thousands of his loyalists in Oyo State, appeared at the unity luncheon of the PDP held in Osogbo, which was organised to reconcile the factions in the party ahead of the coming election.
In his goodwill message, Ladoja said the state must retrace its step from its mistakes to regain dominance of the South-west.
“Once upon a time, this great party reigned in five states of the South-west, but because of our mistakes we lost four, remaining only Ekiti State.
“We have decided to come together now and regain all those lost states starting with Osun in 2018, up to the general elections in 2019,” he said.
Also present at the luncheon was the former governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, (SDP) in Oyo State, Eng. Seyi Makinde, former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Kofoworola Bucknor among others.