former governor of Oyo State and national
leader of the Accord Party, Senator Rashidi
Ladoja, has said with the quality of politicians,
who have joined the party from all the zones,
his victory as the next governor of the state in
2015 is a fait accompli.
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Ladoja, who expressed the assurance that he
will be sworn in on May 29, 2015, said he
would conduct council election within four
months of the inauguration of his government.
He spoke on the Mapo Hill, Ibadan, on Tuesday,
while formally welcoming new members into the
Accord Party from the All Progressives Congress
(APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and
the Labour Party (LP), at a well-attended event
that literally locked down the state capital for
five hours.
Those welcomed into the party were Senator
Olufemi Lanlehin, who currently represents Oyo
South Senatorial District in the Senate; a former
Oyo North senator, Gbenga Babalola; one of the
sons of the late Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland,
Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola-Alao, Semiu; one of
the sons of former Alaafin of Oyo, Prince Kabiru
Gbadegesin and Dr Fola Akinosun.
Othere were Honourable Demola Ojo, who
served as chairman on Oyo State Local
Government Association of Nigeria (ALGON) in
Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala’s government;
Honourable Yemi Aderibigbe, who resigned from
Governor Ajimobi’s government as Special
Adviser on Transport.
The lists also included Mr Timothy Ogunkunle,
who was sacked by Ajimobi as Atisbo Local
Government caretaker chairman; Chief
Gbademosi Lakunle; Alhaji Olaide
Mohammedan; Honourable Olayinka OMikunle;
Alhaja Haolat Olasunkanmi; Chief Akeem
Isekolowo; among many others.
Ladoja said Accord, which started as a mustard
seed, had germinated and grown into a mighty
oak, providing political sanctuary to politicians
from all the other parties in the state,
particularly those interested in the welfare of the
citizenry.
The Asipa of Ibadanland used the occasion to
assure members of the party and the people of
the state in general, especially those who were
yet to get their permanent voter cards or
register to be rest assured that they would not
be disenfranchised.
Ladoja, who said he was yet to receive his own
PVC, promised to personal lead a protest march
to the headquarters of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, if the
commission did not correct the shortcoming
before the elections.
While presenting the party’s flag to the new
comers, he disclosed that more politicians from
the other parties had indicated interest in
Accord membership and would soon join.
Speaking amidst deafening cheers from the
mammoth crowd at the rally, Senator Lanlehin
said he joined the Accord Party because he
could not stand the anti-people policies of the
current government, adding that Ladoja, as the
Accord Party leader, outweighed the leader of
the APC in moral index.
“What more should I say? Accord Party will win
all the Senatorial, House of Representatives,
House of Assembly seat and Senator Ladoja, on
May, 29, 2015, will be sowrn in as the governor
of Oyo State,” he said.
In his own remark, Semiu Arisekola-Alao, who
eulogised Ladoja’s qualities as the masses’
leader, said the huge crowd at the occasion had
indicated that Accord Party was the only party
in Ibadan and Oyo State in general.
“There is no doubt that the Accord Party is the
only party in Oyo State. We will sweep those in
government out with their brooms. Accord Party
will usher in peace, progress and development
in the state,” he said.
The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Bashir
Lawal, while welcoming the new members,
assured them of equal treatment and
opportunity with those who had been in the
party since 2010.
He, however, told the new entrants that they
were free to aspire for the ticket of the party to
any position, except the governorship ticket,
which he said, had been reserved exclusively for
Ladoja.
Others, who spoke on the occasion, expressed
similar optimism as to the victory of the Accord
Party in 2015, predicating their hope on the
perceived shattered image of the current
government and the ruling APC.

Ajimobi is still d best thing that has ever happened to oyo state, no ibadan indigene will close eyes against Ajimobi but ogun ibadan o kin sin eyan lemeji will one day be ruled out

ajimobi your time is almost up

Blackfire: ajimobi your time is almost up

gbam

only GOD determines the victorious

thanks for the details. my folks at the rally who went there early couldn't see anything happening there. the crowd is fuckiiing much.