Barring any unforeseen development, the
major gladiators in the battle for the
governorship seat of Oyo State in next
year’s elections may hold a crucial
meeting with the wife of the president,
Dame Patience Jonathan, in Abuja today.
A source, who did not want to be named,
told Sunday Tribune on Saturday that
leader of Accord and its governorship
candidate in the 2011 elections, Senator
Rashidi Ladoja; his former deputy who is
also a former governor of the state, Chief
Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala; and
former Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin, are
among those expected at the meeting.
According to the source, the meeting,
which is at the instance of a minister, is
meant to seek Presidency’s nod to have
Ladoja run as governorship candidate of
the PDP in Oyo State in 2015. It will be
recalled that Ladoja had been reported to
have earlier held similar meetings with
leaders of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) at the instance of a former
president.
Those meetings, it was learnt, were aimed
at getting the APC to deny Governor
Abiola Ajimobi of the party’s ticket in
favour of Senator Ladoja.
However, the former governor, according
to sources is neither taking any chance
nor waiting for the APC to take its
decision, hence, the need to seek the face
of the presidency for a possible harvest of
the PDP’s governorship ticket for the
state.
The source said; “contrary to the denial
by newspaper reports that Ladoja was
also talking to the APC leadership, the
disclaimer was far from being the truth.
Ladoja, indeed, met the leadership of the
APC; first, Senator Bola Tinubu; later, he
met with Chief Pius Akinyelure and Chief
Segun Oni.”
In the meantime, Governor Ajimobi’s re-
election bid received a boost at the
weekend as youths of the APC in the 11
local government areas of Oyo North
Senatorial district of the state endorsed
him for a second term.
The youth, led by Mr Dauda Ajana, met in
Saki town, where they rose in unison to
ask Governor Ajimobi to continue “his
transformation of the state.”
A communiqué issued at the end of the
meeting and signed by Ajana said
Governor Ajimobi had performed
creditably well to deserve a second term
in office, describing his administration as
the first to employ a large number of
youths.
In addition to youth empowerment, he
added that the administration had done
so much in road construction, restored
the scenic beauty of the major cities in
the state and engendered peace and
tranquility.
Speaking while addressing the mammoth
crowd of youths, APC chairman in Oyo
North, Mr A. Oyetunji, said APC remained
the only party with the interest of the
people at heart, adding that there was
nothing a PDP government could offer the
state and the country. tribune.com.ng/news/news-headlines/item/19079-2015-ladoja-alao-akala-take-battle-to-abuja

even if d two comes out to contest under PDP they will loose with a wide margin.

Johnnyessence:
even if d two comes out to contest under PDP they will loose with a wide margin.

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Sworn enemies still at each others throats

na dem sabi

Ladoja is surely very popular in the politics of Oyo state.