The Oyo governorship seat is one of the
toughest which the All Progressives Congress (APC) will have to defend
in the February elections. Governor Abiola Ajimobi is facing very strong
challengers in the persons of his two immediate predecessors, Adebayo
Alao-Akala of the Labour Party and Rashidi Ladoja of the Accord Party.
In Sen. Teslim Folarin, the PDP also presents a formidable challenger
for the seat.
On Saturday, APC stalwarts in the South
West stormed Ibadan, the Oyo capital to flag off the re-election bid of
the governor at an event which held at Mapo Hall.
Those present at the event include APC
leader and former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu; Governor Rauf
Aregbesola of Osun State, Deputy National Chairman of the party in the
south, Segun Oni, as well as former governors Olagunsoye Oyinlola and
Kayode Fayemi.
The men took turns to criticise the PDP
government at the centre, whose 16-year rule, they said, has been
riddled with issues of bad governance, corruption and insecurity, among
others.
Reject the PDP on February 14 and February 28 was the battle cry of the APC leaders.
On his part, Tinubu accused the Federal
Government of squandering proceeds from 400 barrels of petroleum
products on daily basis. While justifying why his party wanted PDP and
President Jonathan out of power, Tinubu insisted that the current
central government had allowed the country’s resources to be frittered
away.
“Under their nose, 400,000 barrel of oil
is stolen per day and they say they don’t see it. The resources that
would have been used for your benefit and my benefit are frittered
away.”
On Oyo state politics, Tinubu criticised
the Accord party governorship candidate, Senator Rashidi Ladoja,
describing him as ungrateful to the APC and particularly those of them
that struggled to ensure he was reinstated after his illegal impeachment
in 2006.
Tinubu, Aregbesola, Fayemi, storm Ibadan for Gov. Ajimobi who faces a tough reelection battle
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