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Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala has described as wicked the posters circulated within the State bearing his picture and that of president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari with the inscription “Sai Buhari, Sai Akala” boldly written on it.
Posters of the former were sighted in strategic places in the State last night.
Akala is contesting the governorhip election under the platform of the LP while General Muhammadu Buhari is of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Alao-Akala was quoted by his director of public affairs, Oludare Ogunlana as saying that “though I have congratulated the newly elected president, but why would I used his picture to sell my candidature at this point when it is certain that the incumbent administration has few months in office”.
He said it was another ploy to reduce his soaring popularity, boasting that there would be change of government in Oyo State on May 29.
He said the purported posters were untrue because “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 falacy can only be marketable to politicians of yesteryears. Deliberately, they went to the press to react it thinking that people will succunb 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”.
While saying that he was confident of ousting the incumbent administration, he maintained the success of General Muhammadu Buhari in last Saturday’s election cannot be enough to save Governor Abiola Ajimobi in next week’s gubernatorial election.
