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Oyo Guber: Makinde Picks Bayo Lawal As New Running Mate

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June 07, (THEWILL) – Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has officially announced the current Chairman of the Oyo State Housing Corporation, Barrister Bayo Lawal, as his running mate in the 2023 governorship election in the state.

Makinde disclosed this on Tuesday during a stakeholders’ meeting with Oke Ogun leaders at the Presidential Lodge, Government House in Ibadan, the state capital.

Bayo Lawal, who is a former Attorney-General of the state, hails from Kisi in Irepo Local Government Area.

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The announcement was made about 48 hours after the current deputy governor of the state, Rauf Olaniyan, dumped the ruling PDP in the state for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The decision to make Lawal the new running mate of the governor was taken during a crucial meeting held by Makinde and the leaders of PDP from Oke Ogun zone on Tuesday.

Speaking to journalists at the end of the meeting on Tuesday, Lawal pledged his loyalty to Governor Makinde, the PDP and the people of Oyo State,

“I received this honour and privilege to run with His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Oluwaseyi Makinde. It is a great honour and privilege. I am not taking it lightly. I am taking it with all seriousness”, he said.

He appealed to political leaders and entire people of the state to give maximum cooperation to the administration of Makinde, adding that the governor has really transformed the state through massive infrastructural and human capital development.

On his part, Chairman of PDP, in the State, Dayo Ogungbenro, said: “You heard that the deputy governor of the state has left for another party and the exigency of the period dictated that the governor should consult with our leaders from Oke-Ogun, which he did. Barrister Bayo Lawal is the outcome of the consultation.”

Asked if Lawal would replace Olaniyan as deputy governor immediately, Ogungbenro said: “Don’t misquote me. I said they will run on the same ticket in the 2023 governorship election. Engr Rauf Olaniyan still remains the deputy governor today.”

Meanwhile, indications have emerged that the stage is set for the deputy governor of the state, Rauf Olanjyan, to have his official office moved from the Governor’s Office to the Ministry of Environment, over the recent political developments.

THEWILL recalls that the office of a former deputy governor of the state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala,was also moved to the same ministry between 2006 and 2007, after the Supreme Court reinstated Senator Rashidi Ladoja, following his impeachment for 11 months in the state. Alao-Akala later became governor in 2007.

It was gathered that Olaniyan had been using his private office since April, following a midnight rainstorm that affected the roof and some parts of his office.

Sources alleged that lawmakers in the state are moving to a certain location to collect signatures, ahead of the impeachment process for the deputy governor.

The PDP had told the deputy governor to either resign immediately or be impeached.

Apart from Governor Makinde, PDP leaders from Oke-Ogun in attendance at the stakeholders’ meeting included the Chairman of the PDP in Oyo, Dayo Ogungbenro; a former state chairman of the party, Alhaji Kunmi Mustapha and the Chairman, Oyo State Advisory Council, Senator Hosea Agboola, as well as party elders and leaders from Oke-Ogun.

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