Oyo Governorship: Akala steps down, supports APC candidate Adelabu
A former governor of Oyo State and candidate of the Action Democratic Party , Adebayo Alao-Akala, has formed an alliance with the gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress , Adebayo Adelabu, ahead of the March 9 election.
Messrs Alao-Akala and Adelabu are two of the five leading governorship candidates for next Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in Oyo. His announcement of the alliance comes two days after he had a meeting with an APC national leader, Bola Tinubu, in Abuja. Mr Ohu in the statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday evening in Ibadan, the state capital, said, “Following the outcome of the just concluded presidential and national assembly elections, the Alao-Akala Campaign of the Action Democratic Party , has decided to go into an alliance with the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Mr. Adebayo Adekola Adelabu ahead of the March 9th Governorship and state elections in the state.
“For the benefit of hindsight, the unfortunate breakdown of alliance talks with the main opposition parties in Oyo State vis-a-vis our great party – the Action Democratic Party , the African Democratic Party , the People’s Democratic Party and the Zenith Labour Party which the former Governor of Oyo State and Osi Olubadan, Senator Rashid Adewolu Ladoja Initiated is not but unconnected with the fact that, personal interest and sentiments over-rided the general interest of the people of Oyo State.
“Left with no other option upon being approached by the National Leadership of the All Progressives Congress to help salvage the party in Oyo State and with the promise of the APC gubernatorial candidate Bayo Adelabu expressing his readiness to work with the Action Democratic Party, adopt and implement the core values of our party and it’s manifesto and the intervention of the presidency hinged on our performance at the last elections and grassroots network not only in Ogbomoso but also in...
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