Former Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura, has been named the running mate of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde for the 2027 presidential election, four days after leaving the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Makinde, the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), unveiled Daura on Thursday at the party’s national convention held at Rilwan Adamu Square in Bauchi.
Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Dotun Oyelade, said in a statement that Makinde described the selection of the former intelligence chief as a deliberate decision to address Nigeria’s security challenges.
According to the statement, Makinde said Daura, who headed the SSS from 2015 to 2018 under late President Muhammadu Buhari, was selected because of the security challenges that Nigeria faces.
The governor also pledged that, if elected, he would work with like-minded politicians to lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
