Akinlade leaves APM for APC after failed governorship bid

The governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the Ogun State governorship election Abiodun Akinlade has announced his return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Akinlade’s return to the APC comes barely days after the Supreme Court dismissed his petition to challenge APC’s Dapo Abiodun election as governor of Ogun State.

The court said on Wednesday that Akinlade failed to prove his allegation against the governor.

The Justice Yusuf Halilu-led governorship election petition tribunal had on September 14 dismissed Akinlade’s petition and affirmed declaring Abiodun as the winner of the March 9 governorship election.

Upholding the decision of the lower tribunal, the appeal court on November 11 also dismissed the petition.

But Akinlade said the decision was unanimously agreed by elders and leaders of the APM, whom he said met at the weekend for a review of the entire process.

“Our conviction and believe in the legal system is unshaken despite the two previous judgments. On November 15, 2019, elders and leaders across the state met and unanimously agreed that we must approach the Supreme Court to test the strength of our case,” Akinlade stated.

After the loss at the Supreme Court, Akinlade said he had consulted and agreed with his followers on his return to the APC.