There are indications that ex-governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasheed Ladoja will be the leading the Accord Party to a proposed merger with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a meeting is expected to hold today in Ibadan between him and the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Ladoja is the leader of Accord in Oyo State and was the governorship candidate of the party in the 2011 and 2015 elections. Oyo State PDP leaders had held several meetings with the former governor and his key followers over the merger of the two parties in Oyo State in preparation for the 2019 elections. Sheriff is expected to lead the PDP team to formally open talks with Ladoja and his key political associates over the possibility of returning to the PDP ahead of the party’s May 21 national convention.
