Ajimobi and Alao-Akala
Former
Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, on Monday told the incumbent
governor in the state, Abiola Ajimobi, not to rely on the name of the
President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in his bid to
return as the state governor.
Alao-Akala is the candidate of the Labour
Party in Saturday’s governorship election while Ajimobi is the
candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
Others in the Oyo governorship race
include another former governor, Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party;
Seyi Makinde of the Social Democratic Party and the Peoples Democratic
Party’s candidate, Teslim Folarin, a former senate leader.
In a statement by the Director of Public
Affairs, Alao-Akala Campaign Organisation, Oludare Ogunlana, the former
governor said no amount of political gimmicks would save Ajimobi from
losing on April 11, adding that Buhari and Ajimobi were two separate
entities that could not work together.
Alao-Akala said, “Using Buhari’s name
rather than his (Ajimobi) achievements is the greatest undoing a sinking
governor can do to win at all cost. Buhari did not award contract at
questionable amount or neglect meritocracy for mediocrity.
“The APC administration is anti-masses as it has inflicted pains on the people as against its campaign promises in 2011.
“Ajimobi is the most corrupt governor in
the history of the state while Buhari is the only former head of state
without a house in Abuja and the only former leader without an oil bloc.
How then does Ajimobi think using Buhari’s name to campaign will
guarantee him victory?”
Alao-Akala alleged that the APC planned
to help Ajimobi by bringing Buhari to the state to campaign on his
behalf with the hope that he would use his acceptance to win votes for
the governor.
“To save Ajimobi from the imminent defeat
in Saturday’s election, plans have been concluded to bring Buhari to
Ibadan on Wednesday under the guise of ‘Thank you tour’ to shore up
support for the drowning anti-masses governor but we believe that just
like nothing was able to stop Buhari’s victory last week, Ajimobi is on
his way out of the Government House,” he said.
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