The former governor of Oyo
state, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has reportedly returned to the All Progressives
Congress (APC) after meeting with ex-governor of Lagos and national leader of
the party, Bola Tinubu.
The former governor dumped
APC in October 2018 after the party's governorship primaries in Oyo state,
Vanguard reports. Legit.ng gathers that Alao-Akala's wife, Oluwakemi
Alao-Akala, his son, Olamiju, and the director general of his campaign, Wale
Ohu, accompanied him to Tinubu's residence on Thursday, February 28.
He said: “It is true. Both
of us have been meeting and we will continue to meet. I will call you in 24
hours to let you know the state of things." A source close to Tinubu said:
“Tinubu and Alao-Akala met on Tuesday. Tinubu asked Alao-Akala, who has many
supporters in Ogbomoso, to collapse his structure into that of Adelabu. We know
that if Alao-Akala was in our camp, there was no way Atiku would have had such
a good outing in Oyo State, especially Ogbomoso.
“The PDP governorship candidate,
Seyi Makinde, is popular and he is also an Ibadan guy like Adelabu, which means
that they will both split the votes in Ibadan. The APC will need to forge an
alliance with elements in Ogbomoso to get an advantage. “We knew that the
people were not too happy with the governor as far back as June 2018 when the
PDP candidate, Adebo Ogundoyin, won Ibarapa-East Constituency by-election which
was held to fill the vacant position created by the death of former speaker of
the House of Assembly, Michael Adeyemo. Alao-Akala had made some demands but
Ajimobi did not play the politics right. Also, Ajimobi’s decision to convert
some chiefs to full monarchs was unpopular among many people.”
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