Progressives Congress, APC, will lose the governorship election in Oyo
State if the party fails to field him as its governorship candidate in
2019.
Adebayo said this while addressing journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo
State capital over the weekend.
The Minister disclosed that he's the only aspirant that can ensure the
return of all the political heavyweights who have defected to the
opposition.
He said, "I cannot but assure you that once I get the ticket of the
party for the governorship election, that all these members who have
left will certainly come back into the APC fold. I can conclude with
all sense of responsibility and humility that as the APC stands today,
I am the only aspirant who can win for APC, Oyo State in the general
election.
"I can assure you that if I am able to get the ticket of the party,
like I have told our leaders, APC in Oyo State has only two options:
either I get the ticket or the party loses to the opposition, and
since I enjoy the confidence of the generality of our people in Oyo, I
will be able to win the state over for the party. The only other
option, I will say, although I stand to be corrected, by the election
result when it comes, is that if I don't get the ticket, then APC can
forget about Oyo State. It is clear.
"You see, our people especially in Oke Ogun of Oyo State, feel so
cheated. When the 2015 election was held, the people of Ibadanland who
are the majority did not vote for Governor Abiola Ajimobi. They rather
voted for Senator Rasidi Ladoja, my former boss.
"But, we in Oke Ogun, of the 10 local governments, nine voted
massively for Ajimobi, and in appreciation of that, when he was going
round on a thank-you tour, he did promise Oke Ogun that, indeed, it
was now their turn because they did what was so unthinkable; that they
showed patriotism; they showed commitment to the success of APC.
"Unfortunately, after he had won, it would appear that he is reneging
on that commitment. All our people are waiting to see what will unfold
and so consequently, I am restating that if I get the ticket of APC
for the governorship election, I am 90 per cent sure that APC will win
Oyo State. If I don't get the ticket, no other person of the current
aspirants of the APC can deliver Oyo State for APC."
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