243 Accord Party aspirants obtained forms
for 32 assembly seats in Oyo
UNLIKE in the 2011 general election, when its
leadership was literally scouting for candidate
to fly their party’s flag, aspirants have over-
subscribed for the expression of interest, as
well as nomination forms of the Oyo State
chapter of the Accord Party.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that 243
politicians from across the 33 local
government councils in the state obtained
the two forms to occupy the 32 seats that
would be vacant in the House of Assembly
next year.
For the available14 House of Representatives
seats, 63 aspirants purchased forms, while
only six expressed interest in the three
senatorial tickets on offer in the party.
Investigation further revealed that only the
national leader of the party and former
governor of the state, Senator Rashidi Ladoja
picked the forms for the governorship ticket.
The governorship forms were sold for N1
million and those of the Senate and the House
of Representatives for N750, 000 and N500,
000 respectively, while each House of
Assembly aspirant paid N300, 000 each for
the forms.
At the close of the forms purchase on
Monday, Accord made conservatively N109.9
million from the forms purchased by 313
aspirants for 53 elective positions, subject to
the number of female aspirants, who paid
reduced fee for the forms.
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Publicity Secretary of the party, Dr Nureni
Adeniran, confirmed the large number of
aspirants, expressing the confidence that
Senator Ladoja is Oyo State’s governor-in-wai
ting.
Adeniran said those who subscribed to the
forms of Accord Party were aspirants, who
did not wish to throw away their hard-
earned money, saying “Accord is the party to
beat” and the reason the leadership of other
parties were keen to bringing Ladoja to their
fold.
The party had since commenced the
verification of claims by the aspirants and is
billed to begin its primaries on November 20
and will be concluded on December 10.

This only point to one fact.....Ajimobi is a goner!!