March 13, (THEWILL) – Ahead of the March 18 gubernatorial election in Oyo State, former governor of the state, Rasheed Ladoja, has endorsed Teslim Folarin, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for Saturday’s election in the State.
Ladoja accused Seyi Makinde of failure to honour the agreement that led to his election, noting that his role in the total victory of the APC in the presidential and National Assembly elections meant he prefered an APC government at both the federal and state level hence no need to vote for him to remain as governor.
Justifying his mobilisation for Folarin, Ladoja said, “In the just concluded National Assembly elections, all the three senators under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party lost. And this is not about the history of Oyo State, but also about the history of the person in power. We saw an example of this in Osun State.
“Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, has only been in power for three months, yet he was able to clear all the House of Representatives and senatorial seats for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the just concluded National Assembly elections. And then, we have to know that Osun State is in a peculiar position because it is the root of Bola Tinubu, the president-elect.
“After Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, picked the PDP House of Representatives and senatorial candidates to represent the state at the National Assembly, he didn’t offer any form of support to them.
“He didn’t spend money to support them or gave out a word to the citizens for any single one of them. Even God detests actions that are unfair and unjust.
“When Saturday, March 18 comes, please, leave all you are doing and go out to cast your votes for Teslim Folarin, the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the state.
“One of our major mobilisers in the PDP called Olopoeyan recently defected to the camp of APC. Also, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) chapters of Oyo State have adopted Teslim Folarin as their preferred governorship candidate.
“Some political parties are also considering adopting Folarin already. However, I believe all will be sorted out in the coming days.
“Please, I am appealing to my loyalists to cast their votes for Folarin in the forthcoming gubernatorial election.”
