By Daud Olatunji
In Ogun state, four political parties stood out among the 41 political parties recognised by INEC that participated in the last governorship election . They are; APC ; Allied People’s Movement ; African Democratic Congress and People’s Democratic Party.
But, the results of the Presidential and national assembly elections gave the APC wide margins ahead of the three other parties. APC won all the three Senatorial seats and six out of nine of House of Representatives seats in the state. Other parties got one House of Representatives seat each. This development triggered the move for what is called ‘rainbow coalition’ among the parties .
Twenty-four hours to the election however, it became clearer that the next governor would be produced by either APC or APM.
Both APC and APM therefore engaged in some sort of intriques through allignments with various political parties and individuals.
For instance, the APM struck a deal with the leadership of…
