Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has declared that progressive politicians would rule the state for the next 50 years, thereby sealing the fate of those he called “reactionary elements.”
The governor said this while receiving hundreds of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Accord Party (AP) from Ibadan North Local Government Area of the state to the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ibadan at the weekend.
The defectors, mostly political office holders, during the Senator Rashidi Ladoja and Otunba Christopher Alao-Akala administrations, hinged their decisions to join ACN on what they termed the sterling performance of Governor Ajimobi in the last two years.
Speaking at the ceremony held at Bodija in Ibadan, Governor Ajumobi congratulated them for deciding to join the ruling party. He urged them to see themselves as part and parcel of ACN, promising that they would be treated equally as the party belonged to all.
The governor advised that rather than form their own group, they should fully integrate into the party, even as he called for unity which he said, would put the party in a good stead for the forthcoming election.
He congratulated the people of the state for enthroning a progressive party during the 2011 general elections, adding that the performance of his administration in the last two years had justified the confidence reposed in the progressives. “With this brilliant performance and the turning around of Oyo State, the reactionary elements have finally been sacked in the state.”
Source: The Sun
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