Nigeria, March 21 -- A former governor of Oyo State, Rasheed Ladoja, has congratulated Governor Seyi Makinde on his re-election.

Mr Ladoja's congratulatory message was contained in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday.

Mr Ladoja, the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, had publicly opposed Mr Makinde's re-election bid.

He mobilised against the second term ambition of Mr Makinde following an alleged failure of the governor to honour an agreement that inspired the coalition that backed him to win ihis first term election in 2019.

A few days before the election, the former governor endorsed Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and also urged his supporters in the state to mobilise support for the APC candidate.

But Mr ...