The Ondo State chapter of the Zenith Labour Party, on Tuesday, said it is participating in the November 16 governorship election in the state and working hard to win.

The stand was contrary to the news doing the rounds that the leadership of the ZLP had concluded arrangements to collapse its structure to the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.

The party denied such arrangements, insisting on being one of the 16 political parties contesting the forthcoming governorship poll.

The State Chairman of the party, Mr Cornelius Akintoye, in a telephone chat with The PUNCH, said the party was still in the race and had no plan to merge with any political party ahead of the governorship election.

He, however, noted that the party leadership was aware of the movement of some people to join the PDP.

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“I am the state chairman of the Zenith Labour Party in Ondo State. I would like to provide an update as we prepare to participate in the upcoming election. We are fully engaged and moving forward with our campaign.

“However, it has come to our attention that certain individuals are falsely claiming affiliation with our party and may be accepting funds from PDP or APC.

“Please note, these individuals are not members of our organisation and do not represent us,” he said.

Similarly, the candidate of the party, Dr Abass Mimiko, denied the reported planned merger with the PDP.

Mimiko simply declared, “No Way! Never! We are going to win the election, Insha Allah.”

PUNCH