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Adekunle Akinlade, governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Ogun state, has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Akinlade, who was the preferred candidate of Ibikunle Amosun, former governor of the state in the 2019 gubernatorial poll, defected from the APC to APM when he could not secure the ruling party’s ticket.

He lost the election to Dapo Abiodun, APC candidate in the March 9 governorship election. He had challenged Abiodun’s victory from the tribunal up to the supreme court but lost.

Akinlade announced his return to the APC at the APM secretariat in Abeokuta, the state capital, during a meeting on Monday.

He also directed his supporters to return to the ruling party, adding that his decision to return to APC was taken during a meeting of leaders and elders of the state chapter of APC on Sunday.

Akinlade, however, said the judgement of the supreme court on the governorship election fell short of his expectation and that of his supporters.

“We have set in motion a chain of actions that hinge on our resolve to sustain the noble vision tagged ” Mission to Rebuild our dear state”, he said.

“We have always expressed the conviction that in the fullest of time and after the struggle to restore the mandate of our people, we shall return to the APC, which we toiled with fellow compatriots to build, nourish and entrench in Ogun.

“It is with this reality in mind that I most sincerely call on everyone of you that it is time to return home to the pre-October 2nd, 2018 Ogun APC political family with a view to sustain our core base, consolidate our gains so far and continue to support the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari to positively reposition our dear country. ”