The Oyedele Hakeem Alao Campaign Organisation has dismissed the purported endorsement of Seyi Makinde by some people within his party.
In a statement issued in Ibadan by the Director General, Oyedele Hakeem Alao Campaign Organisation, Hon. (Barr.) Tajudeen Ademola Adeniji, the AD candidate describes all the vituperations of Chief Akin Alamu and his co-conspirators on a radio program in Ibadan as blatant lies.
While featuring on a popular radio program in Ibadan, Chief Alamu had accused the Gubernatorial Candidate of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the forthcoming 2019 governorship election in Oyo State, Engr. Oyedele Hakeem Alao of unseriousness and inaccessible. He said Engr. Alao has not been reachable for the past few months.
In a swift reaction, Adeniji described Alamu’s action as anti-party and worthy of disciplinary action by the National Leadership of the party.
“To set the record straight, the declaration by Chief Alamu is not surprising. This is a man, who in connivance with some other elements within the party have been hobnobbing with Seyi Makinde. Their declaration only made their anti-party activities obvious. “
“He has never believed that AD as a party can win elections. He and others have been mounting persistent pressure on Engr. Alao to support Makinde immediately after the primaries.”
He also the said that the allegation of handpicking a Deputy Governorship Candidate is another lie to perfect their animosity.
” Immediately after the primaries, Engr Alao approached the party Executives, including Chief Alamu that he will prefer a woman as Deputy and must come from Ogbomoso. It was Chief Alamu in consultation with party leaders from Ogbomoso that presented a Deputy Governorship Candidate and as a loyal party man, Engr. Alao adopted her without any hesitation, ” He said.
The statement said the official flag off of the party billed for Saturday, 12th January is still on course.