Nigeria, July 3 -- The Oyo state chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), on Wednesday, says it is still part of the coalition with Governor Seyi Makinde of the state.

The party said this in response to a statement by its former governorship candidate, Olufemi Lanlehin, who announced on Tuesday that he had withdrawn from the coalition because Mr Makinde had deviated from the pre-election agreements that produced the coalition.

Mr Lanlehin was one of the major political actors who helped Mr Makinde to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adebayo Adelabu, in the March 9 election.

The other signatories to the agreement were Sharafadeen Alli of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Bolaji Ayorinde of Social Democra...