Agency Report/
Oyo State governor, Mr Abiola Ajimobi, has disclosed how candidates will emerge for the governorship ticket and other elective posts in the Alł Progressives Congress (APC).
Ajimobi said that he would in conjunction with some APC leaders meet with aspirants of the party on Saturday to pick consensus governorship and other elective candidates.
He spoke today during the APC Oyo Central Senatorial District stakeholders meeting held at Durbar Stadium in Oyo.
The senatorial district comprises 11 local governments.
Among them are Afijio, Atiba, Akinyele, Egbeda, Lagelu, Oluyole, Oyo East, Oyo West, Ogo-Oluwa, Ona-Ara and Surulere.
“We are going to meet with all the aspirants at the Government House in Ibadan on Saturday by 12 noon, while we will meet with aspiring lawmakers on Sunday at the same venue and time,” he said.
Ajimobi added that the essence of the meeting, particularly for those aspiring to be governor was to appeal to some of them to possibly step down and avoid waste of resources.
He said that it would be wrong to encourage governorship aspirants to waste N22.5 million on nomination forms without emerging as the candidate.
“Monday is the last day to obtain the governorship nomination form. We don’t want all our aspirants to collect the form and waste their resources when we can talk to them.
“All of them are qualified, with intimidating profiles, but only one of them will emerge. We can still ensure everyone is engaged in one area or the other for them to partake,“ he said.
The governor assured members of the public that APC remained the party to beat, adding that none of the other parties was enjoying the unity and cohesion that exists in the party.
Earlier at the Alaafin’s palace, the governor described Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi as an epitome of wisdom, integrity and intellect.
He said that the monarch had never relented in supporting his administration and offering a solution to problems affecting the state, and prayed for him to live long.
The governor urged other monarchs and traditional rulers to always contribute to good governance and development of the state.
Adeyemi in his remarks prayed that God continues to protect the governor and increase his wisdom.
The monarch said that the state enjoyed relative peace and prayed the governor would hand over to a worthy successor.
“We are not politicians, but we shall support you any day and anytime. This is because you have done wonderfully well in the history of the state,” he said.
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