The All Progressives Congress in
Oyo State has described the Accord
Party governorship candidate in
the last election, Rashidi Ladoja, as
an anti-democrat.
Ladoja, who is a former governor in
the state, said in an interview
published by Sunday PUNCH that
Oyo State had been mourning the
result of the governorship election,
which gave Governor Abiola
Ajimobi 327,310 votes to beat
Ladoja who had 245,520 votes.
He also said that he had enough
evidence to challenge the result at
the election tribunal.
But the APC, in a statement by its
Director of Publicity and Strategy in
the state, Olawale Sadare, accused
Ladoja of placing personal gain
over public interest and that only
his sympathisers had been
mourning Ajimobi’s victory.
The statement read, “Describing
the mood of the people as
mournful after Ajimobi secured a
vital victory for the continuity of
good governance as against the
impunity, reign of terror and
nepotism which marred his
administration by the same Ladoja
is the height of disrespect for the
people of Oyo State. It is also
tantamount to declaring war
against democracy and the society,
having once benefitted from same
democratic system even though in
a questionable circumstance.
“Ladoja has again exhibited his
disdain for the larger society due to
his avaricious nature. For the
avoidance of doubt, his Accord Party
was roundly defeated in all the six
political zones in the state,
including Ibadan less city where he
enjoys the highest degree of
sympathy from the people. If he
had problems with the voters in
the state throwing up a preferred
candidate in a widely acceptable
election to govern the state at his
expense, he should handle the
pains of masses rejection with
decorum rather than insulting the
sensibility of the citizenry.”
The APC spokesman said that only
Ladoja’s sympathisers would
mourn the result of the election.
“In the imagination of Ladoja, there
was a palpable pensive mood in
town following his monumental
failure at the polls but the truth of
the matter is that only those
gullible beings who take him for a
saint, despite evident record of
sharp practices and vulnerability,
throng his house daily wearing
mournful looks to sympathise with
him,” he added.
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
