Team Akala, the political group of Oyo State ex-governor
Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala has described as unfounded the information that
former Gov. Rasheed Ladoja has been endorsed by the presidency as the PDP
Gubernatorial candidate for Oyo State.
In a statement signed by its Coordinator, Prince Niran
Adeyoju recently said that the information being reported by some Newspaper and
circulated on some socio-media should be disregarded, adding that not of such
happened in Abuja.
Team Akala is a group pursuing the return of former Gov.
Adebayo Alao-Akala as the governor of Oyo State in 2015.
The group said that the information was a ploy by some
loyalist of Ladoja to cause confusion among party faithful in the state.
``The malicious information being circulated by Loyalists
of Sen. Rasheed Ladoja is not true.
``The outcome of the two meetings held with both the
first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan and Senate President, Sen. David Mark did
not in any way pick Ladoja as the party flagbearer of the PDP.
``The meeting with the President’s wife was precipitated
on the attempt by the Minister of State for FCT, Chief Jumoke Akinjide to force
the presidency to adopt Ladoja.
``The meeting was informed that Ladoja is the National
Leader of Accord Party and the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the
state for 2015 election and the move to lure him in was rejected.
``The meeting concluded that the former governor, who
contributed to the loss of PDP in 2011 should return to the party through the
normal process andf vie for the ticket,’’ It said.
The group said that the issue of Ladoja was not discussed
at the second meeting with Mark in the second meeting with Mark and other
leaders of the PDP.
"We were advised to either reduce the number of
Aspirant to two or three or agree on a consensus candidate whose political
structure is strong to win for the PDP and which we belief is Alao-Akala.
It cautioned those sympathetic to the course of
opposition members against the party to stop mis-informing members of the
public to do away with anti-party activities.
Team Akala, while appreciating loyalists of Alao-Akala,
who joined the Abuja rally during the procurement of the nomination form,
assured members of the party at both state and Federal level for their
cooperation.
Meanwhile in a
related development one the leading guber hopeful for Agodin seat in 2015,
Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala has re-assured the people of the state to see a new
Oyo State with as he will beging another developmental face more tghan what he
did in his administartion bettween 2009 and 2011.
The coordinator of Team Akala maintained that the former
governor if re-elected would restore the lost glory in education, economic and
the health sector of the state.
The group also added that Alao-Akala if re-elected would
embark on rural transformation and urban renewal in such a way that the source
of livelihood of the people would not be affected.
``From the opinion poll conducted round the state, we
realized that the type of leader that our
people need is an experienced and debonair leader like Alao-Akala, who
runs a masses friendly and responsive leadership,’’ he said.
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