Ex-Governor of Oyo State, Senator
Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja has declared that the defection of Chief Adebayo Alao
Akala; former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin; former Deputy Governor, Ambassador
Taofeek Arapaja and a former Secretary to the State Government, Chief Ayodele
Adigun to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state will not stop
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from capturing the state in 2019.
Recall that Nigerian eye reported
that all arrangements have been concluded to receive notable politicians from
PDP, Labour Party among others to the fold of APC at an event slated to hold at
Mapo Hall, today (Saturday).
But, Ladoja while speaking when
he received a former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu at his Ondo
Street Ibadan residence on Friday noted that their defection to APC does not
mean anything to PDP.
He said, “Do you know that all
the politicians are not more than five per cent of the voting population? So,
one person moving from one party to another does not matter, it is the
population that matters. The population is still solidly behind us.
“Akala has been in APC since two
years ago after he left Labour Party (LP), immediately after 2015 elections. I
think it’s just now they have time to celebrate him because election is coming.
“Teslim is there. I don’t know
how many people he has been able to take along, though he contested in the last
election. He is welcomed to contest in another election again. Dele Adigun, is
a good technocrat and I hope he will play the game according to the rules by
being fair to everybody.
“I am not contesting, I’m already
an elder statesman, but I have flair for the PDP.”
Ladoja also described as untrue
the allegation that since the structures of PDP in the state have been handed
over to him, he had sidelined those that were strong supporters of the late
strongman of Ibadan politics, Alhaji Lamidi Adedibu, based on the roles they
allegedly played in his 11 months impeachment as governor of the state between
2003 and 2007.
“All those claims are not true.
The PDP congresses were transparent”.
The Osi Olubadan of Ibadanland
also revealed that the PDP would participate in the local government election
which the state governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi said would hold early next
year.
The ex-Governor, however, added
that the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) must give a 90-day
notice before the conduct of the poll.
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