Wednesday 25 June 2014
2015: Alao-Akala Joins Guber Race
Former Oyo State governor Adebayo Alao-Akala
yesterday joined the 2015 governorship race in the
state.
This followed the adoption of the former governor by
the leaders of the party in the five local government
areas of the Ogbomoso Zone at a meeting.
One of the party leaders, Chief James Adebayo
Adewusi while addressing newsmen after the
meeting, said the decision to adopt Alao-Akala was
taken at a meeting held at the house of the former All
Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Senator Ade
Adeseun in Ogbomoso.
He said the leaders would reach out to other leaders
in other zones to ensure Alao-Akala’s victory at the
party primaries.
According to him, some of the criteria used were his
antecedents during his first tenure, humility and
capability to deliver the state for the party in 2015.
Speaking, Alao-Akala said he accepted to carry the
party’s flag, adding that the PDP would not only win
Oyo but also the entire South West.
He said that the APC came into power fraudulently,
adding “they must go back as they cannot sustain it”.
“They came in through court verdicts; we are going
to send them packing. The PDP will take over Osun
and other states of the South West in 2015. The APC
is not ready for governance,” he declared.
He explained that he decided to have second shot at
the governor’ seat with a view to stabilize the party
and Oyo State.
“I have accepted to their request. It is the people of
the state that are clamouring for Akala. Like what
happened in Ekiti, the people like and want him and
he won the election,” he said.
Speaking on other contestants, he said they all have
equal rights and opportunity to contest for the
election, adding that the state belongs to all of them.
On the crisis rocking the party in the state, Alao-
Akala said that there was no crisis within the party,
saying that the grievances among members would be
resolved before the election.
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