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Jimi Agbaje, Akala concede defeat, call victorious opponents

The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje who lost to his rival, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of All Progress Congress party has called to congratulate him on his victory at the Lagos Governorship poll. He reportedly called Ambode at 6.50pm, prayed for him and said he was looking forward to a more prosperous Lagos.
The Labour Gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala also put a call through to APC’s Abiola Ajimobi. He said the decision was borne out of the need to respect the utmost wish and opinion of the people. He however advised the governor to be magnanimous in victory and do what the people want.
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Alao-Akala to Ajimobi, "Buhari's name won't guarantee you victory."

Former Oyo State governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala yesterday told  the incumbent governor of the state, Abiola Ajimobi that using the name of the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhamma
du Buhari won’t get him re-elected.
The Labour Party gubernatorial candidate’s opinion was conveyed  in a statement released by the Director of Public Affairs of his Campaign Organisation, Oludare Ogunlana.

Alao-Akala said

 “Using Buhari’s name rather than his (Ajimobi) achievements is the greatest undoing a sinking governor can do to win at all cost. Buhari did not award contract at questionable amount or neglect meritocracy for mediocrity.

“The APC administration is anti-masses as it has inflicted pains on the people as against its campaign promises in 2011.

“Ajimobi is the most corrupt governor in the history of the state while Buhari is the only former head of state without a house in Abuja and the only former leader without an oil bloc. How then does Ajimobi think using Buhari’s name to campaign will guarantee him victory?”
He also alleged that the APC is planning to bring Buhari to the state to campaign on Ajimobi’s behalf.

“To save Ajimobi from the imminent defeat in Saturday’s election, plans have been concluded to bring Buhari to Ibadan on Wednesday under the guise of ‘Thank you tour’‎ to shore up support for the drowning anti-masses governor but we believe that just like nothing was able to stop Buhari’s victory last week, Ajimobi is on his way out of the Government House,” he said.
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Alao-Akala dissociates self from "Sai Buhari, Sai Akala" posters.

The gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party in Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, has distanced himself from posters bearing his picture and that of President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari.
The circulation of posters which began in Ibadan, Oyo State capital last Wednesday raised many eyebrows in and outside the state with many believing it is a clever ploy to ride on the goodwill of the retired military officer.

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Mr. Alao-Akala, who spoke through his media aide, Oludare Ogunlana, said that “though I have no hatred for the newly-elected president, but why would I use his picture to sell my candidature at this point when it is certain that the incumbent administration has few months in office”.

He affirmed that,  “I am a member of the LP while the president-elect is of the APC. It is shameful for the dying APC administration in the State to resort to such indecent propaganda when it is very obvious that their administration is living on a borrowed time.

“Such political lies wrapped with expired fallacy can only be marketable to politicians of yesteryears. Deliberately, they went to the press to react thinking that people will succumb to their lies. 

Those eras when lies thrived are gone for good. Governor Abiola Ajimobi should be preparing his handover note because the people have already resolved to send him packing”.
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Did Alao-Akala overstep his boundaries with this poster?

The Oyo State gubernatorial candidate of the Labour party, Adebayo Alao-Akala incurred the wrath of the All Progressives Congress party yesterday after posters bearing pictures of the former governor and the President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari with the caption “Sai Buhari, Sai Akala”  surfaced in Ibadan.
The Director of Publicity and Strategy of the Oyo State chapter of the APC, Olawale Sadare condemned the move and described it as a shameful act and desperation taken too far. He added that the party is confident that the incumbent Governor, Abiola Ajimobi will win a second term in office in the state.

“Not a few people found it unbelievable to see the picture of the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Alao-Akala’s campaign posters. Since Wednesday evening when those disgusting posters were sighted in parts of Ibadan, a good number of concerned citizens have been expressing their amazement at the development.
“Meanwhile, the ruling APC in the state view the action of the sponsors of such obnoxious campaign materials as a desperation taken too far. It is indeed another in the series of grand delusion which most members of the opposition have been feeding the public with in their bid to hijack power and return the state to the era of bad governance, official corruption and impunity.” He said

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