Ladoja woos Akala with senatorial ticket A former governor of Oyo State and national leader of Accord Party (AP), Senator Rashidi Ladoja, has said the party will have no choice but to field his former deputy, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, to fly the party’s flag for Oyo North Senatorial election if it is the unanimous decision of Accord leaders in Ogbomoso zone. Ladoja made this known while speaking with newsmen shortly after he was cleared as Accord’s governorship candidate by the screening committee from Abuja, at the state secretariat of the party in Ibadan on Friday. The former governor also disclosed that the party had agreed that his running mate should come from Oke-Ogun zone, while Ogbomoso, which is a key component of the Oyo North Senatorial District, is to produce the senatorial candidate. He described Accord as “a winning party” whose doors would not be shut against any politician in the state, adding that with the state-wide popularity of the party, 2015 elections would be won convincingly by the party. On the speculation that the party risks being polarised over the choice of candidates, Ladoja said Accord would prove doomsday prophets wrong, as it had already produced four House of Representatives candidates through consensus option. “Accord decided whom it wanted as its governorship candidate and I was chosen by the leaders. That was why it was easier for the screening committee to take a decision to clear me. There will be primaries in the party for all positions including the governorship. “This is what the law requires. Even in a situation where there is a sole candidate, majority of the party members must all endorse that candidate. Those who are waiting for a time crisis will erupt in Accord are waiting for Godot because our party has grown beyond what such people think. “Our party will give the people of Oyo State the kind of representatives they want at the state and national levels. Accord is the government-in-waiting. It is not our doing but Almighty’s grace that we have enjoyed as a party,” Ladoja said.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 04:52:05 +0000
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