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Lanlehin, Alli, Others Are Liars, They Have Been Compensated by Makinde — Akinlabi

A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kamil Akinlabi, has said that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has compensated all gubernatorial candidates who stepped down for him prior to the 2019 election in Oyo State.

Akinlabi spoke during the Oyo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) maiden monthly guest forum tagged ‘Frank Talk Platform’ on Friday.

Akinlabi reiterated that all the candidates who stepped down for Makinde have been duly compensated in one way or the other contrary to Lanlehin and Alli’s claim.

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Akinlabi said, “Every gubernatorial candidate that stepped down for Makinde has been compensated one way or the other.

“You should know that they are happy, I may not be able to tell you the way they have been compensated. I cannot tell you in specific terms. But, they have been compensated.

“Makinde never jettisoned the coalition agreement. There cannot be two masters in a ship.

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“He has given appointments to those in ADC, Zenith Labour Party and SDP.

“I am also part of the coalition, I am ADP member. ADP has been compensated.”

It would be recalled that gubernatorial candidates of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Olufemi Lanlehin, Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) Barrister Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli, and Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, stepped down in order to support Makinde in 2019.

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Former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja a few days to the gubernatorial election facilitated the merger among the parties.

But the gubernatorial candidates among whom are Lanlehin and Alli have accused Makinde of abandoning them.

They alleged that the governor is not working in line with the coalition agreement by all the parties involved.

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