A former governor of Oyo state, Rasheed Ladoja and an Ekiti State politician Olusegun Aderemi have stepped down from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship race.

Daily Trust gathered that the duo have now thrown their weight behind a former Minister of Education Prof Tunde Adeniran.

A former governorship candidate in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje had earlier withdrawn from the race.