Governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in 2019 election in Oyo State, Mr Sharafadeen Alli, on Wednesday accused Governor Seyi Makinde of abandoning his party after it helped him to win the election.

Alli spoke through a statement he personally signed.

ZLP was one of the political parties that formed an alliance with Makinde’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to defeat candidate of then ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adebayo Adelabu, in the March 9, 2019 election.

Other parties in the coalition were African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP).

The coalition was coordinated by a former governor of the state, Mr Rashidi Ladoja.

But, nine months after the agreement, Alli accused the governor of failure to fulfil his promises to ZLP.

He said the governor has denied ZLP political patronage, in alleged repudiation of the agreement between them.

“A man’s word should also be his bond,” Alli said.

“The governor should go into retrospect and review our 2019 political coalition agreement. Our party, ZLP has been largely abandoned and relegated in the scheme of things, especially political patronage. The governor should seize this moment and do the needful. I wish him the best as he pilots the affairs of our state.”

Mr Olufemi Lanlehin, ADC gubernatorial candidate, had in November accused the governor of failing to fulfil any of the promises made to him as contained in an agreement they reached.

Phone calls and text messages to Mr Taiwo Adisa, chief press secretary to Makinde, were not responded to.

PT