Former Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala is warming up for the 2015 governorship election.

However, his camp is divided over the ambition. While some of his supporters want him to contest for the Senate, others are supporting his bid for the Agodi Government House.

Alao-Akala became the governor in 2007, following a bitter intra-party feud in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was defeated in the 2011 election by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

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Party sources said that the Ogbomoso-born politician is reaching out to his former boss, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, who is the leader of the opposition Accord Party (AP). His calculation is that, if the PDP and AP combine forces in 2015, they may give the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a challenge.

“Alao-Akala is trying to strike a deal with Ladoja. He wants to bounce back as the governor, but it is difficult. He is capitalising on the broken relationship between the APC and AP to woo Ladoja, who has forgiven him for his collaboration with the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu to remove him from office.

“He has proposed his candidature to Ladoja and conceded over poitions to him. He wants Ladoja to nominate his running mate and other LP chieftains for critical positions. His calculation is that, with Ogbomoso and environs behind him, he only needs the AP support to bounce back”, said the source.

Ladoja has not given any response. Although he welcomed the proposed collaboration, he said he would table the proposal before the AP stakeholders.

However, the source said that many PDP chieftains from Oyo North District have suggested to the former governor to seek election into the Senate. They reasoned that Ajimobi’s performance is an obstacle to Alao-Akala’s governorship ambition. They also said that Ibadan people will not abandon their son, in preference for him.Former Oyo State Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala is warming up for the 2015 governorship election.

However, his camp is divided over the ambition. While some of his supporters want him to contest for the Senate, others are supporting his bid for the Agodi Government House.

Alao-Akala became the governor in 2007, following a bitter intra-party feud in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He was defeated in the 2011 election by Governor Abiola Ajimobi.

Party sources said that the Ogbomoso-born politician is reaching out to his former boss, Senator Rashidi Ladoja, who is the leader of the opposition Accord Party (AP). His calculation is that, if the PDP and AP combine forces in 2015, they may give the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a challenge.

“Alao-Akala is trying to strike a deal with Ladoja. He wants to bounce back as the governor, but it is difficult. He is capitalising on the broken relationship between the APC and AP to woo Ladoja, who has forgiven him for his collaboration with the late Chief Lamidi Adedibu to remove him from office.

“He has proposed his candidature to Ladoja and conceded over poitions to him. He wants Ladoja to nominate his running mate and other LP chieftains for critical positions. His calculation is that, with Ogbomoso and environs behind him, he only needs the AP support to bounce back”, said the source.

Ladoja has not given any response. Although he welcomed the proposed collaboration, he said he would table the proposal before the AP stakeholders.

However, the source said that many PDP chieftains from Oyo North District have suggested to the former governor to seek election into the Senate. They reasoned that Ajimobi’s performance is an obstacle to Alao-Akala’s governorship ambition. They also said that Ibadan people will not abandon their son, in preference for him.

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Bunch of confused people, no vacancy in Oyo Government House till 2019

@op, shebi na joke u dey joke?