Alao Akala
The Oyo state chapter of the All Progress Congress (APC) has stated that former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala is not a member of the party.
News broke out weeks ago that the former Oyo State governor has pitched his tent with the ruling party.
However, the party’s Director of Publicity, Olawale Sadare, described the news as “very strange”, adding that “we do not know Alao-Akala as far as Oyo APC is concerned”.
He said “the news was received with shock because APC is not aware that he (Alao-Akala) had joined the party”.
“He is not in APC, however if he wants to join APC he is welcome. Let him join from the ward level. That is how it is done.
“It is very strange to us. We are not aware of his political moves. Here in Oyo APC, we don’t know him. He should start from the ward level and progress from there.”
Meanwhile Alao-Akala said some people in the APC were jittery because of his entry into the party.
“They should go and confirm. They should not be playing politics of animosity.
“If somebody of Alao-Akala’s status should come and make a public declaration that he has joined the APC and the Director of Publicity or anyone else is saying the party doesn’t know him, then he must be acting out of ignorance,” his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Abraham Ojo, said.
“Alao-Akala did not only embrace the APC in a more celebrated way, but directed all his followers to return to their local governments and wards to register,” he told The Nation.
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