The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Seyi Makinde, was declared the winner of the Oyo State governorship election that held on March 9.
Mr Makinde won 28 out of the 33 local governments in the state, leaving the All Progressives Congress candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, with only five.
After his four-year first term, he contested for a second term in an election that took place on April 11, 2015, under the APC for re-election against two of his predecessors in office, Alao Akala and Rashidi Ladoja.This fetched Mr Ajimobi the nickname: “Kosheleri” . Having noticed that Mr Ajimobi was losing his grip in the state, after the presidential election,a national leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, made efforts to bring back those that left the party, including Alao-Akala, to strengthen APC’s chances at the governorship election, but all efforts failed.One of the straws that perhaps broke the camel’s back was the review of Olubadan Chieftaincy declaration by Mr Ajimobi.
He also told our correspondent that Mr Adelabu ”did not offend anyone”, but the fact that he was the ‘anointed’ candidate of Mr Ajimobi made people withdraw their support for him. “The alleged sin of these retired primary school teachers and council retirees is that they did not vote for this government in 2011 and 2015. Another election is coming in 2019, how do you persuade more than 16,000 retired primary school teachers and council retirees, and their dependants to vote for a government that had turned them into nonentities?,” Gbadegesin Akande, the head of Oyo pensioners had said then.
“Ajimobi’s arrogance is so disturbing. You will recall how he displayed a lack of empathy when students protested eight months of closure of their school.
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