Former Oyo State governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, has formerly declared for Labour Party (LP). He dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside thousands of his supporters on Monday evening, at his Bodija residence in Ibadan. According to him, the decision was made based on the demand by his teeming supporters to quit PDP basically because of insincerity and injustice.
Mr Abraham Ojo, his media aide, in a press statement on behalf of Alao-Akala, said “thousands of supporters of the former governor stormed the Bodija residence to delibrate on the way forward, after the injustice meted to him by the PDP. After series of meetings and discussions, they all decided to dump the PDP and move to an alternative party, which is Labour Party.”
“Everybody in the state knows that Alao-Akala and his supporters are strong pillars that hold the party and if a genuine delegate congress is conducted, Alao-Akala will always win, but since the national secretariat has given in to the manipulations of the minotity in the party, we have no option but to quit,” they said. While debunking reports that they participated in PDP primaries, Ojo said Alao-Akala had made his intention to quit the party known since Sunday, after meeting with his teeming supporters in Ogbomoso and later today (Monday) in Ibadan, even before the process started. Ojo added that, “It is laughable and ridiculous to say Alao-Akala scored two votes in the primaries he did not even particiapte in. He is a political giant who has been a bride to all political parties in the state since the PDP travails started”.