Tinubu’s criticism of
Akala, Ladoja vindicates us, says Oyo ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Oyo State chapter, has
said that the statement credited to former governor of Lagos State and leader
of the party, Senator Bola Tinubu, that the duo of ex-governors Rashidi Ladoja
and Adebayo Alao-Akala were “rotten and reactionary” was a confirmation of its
previous statements that the duo do not deserve the current Oyo State.
this was made known in a release issued by the Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Dauda Kolawole.
According to the party, the two Oyo ex-governors and their
parties, the Accord Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), can only
thrive in an ambience of thuggery and violence, which the current ACN-led
government had effectively re-written to “development-oriented politics.”
“Senator Tinubu merely underscored what we had always been
shouting out to the world, that in a New Oyo State where violence, thuggery and
politics of brickbats have no place, none of these two former governors can
compete effectively. If it were the pre-2011 Oyo State where they had a
competitive edge in violence, it would have been a different ball game but now,
what we talk about in our state is politics of development and not how many
thugs you have behind you,” said the ACN.
While berating former governor Ladoja for forgetting so soon
all that Senator Tinubu did for him during his period of travails when he was
illegally and unfairly impeached and was ran out of town by the same set of
people he is hobnobbing with today, the ACN said this was a reflection of the
chameleon politics that the former governor was renowned for.
“We recollect that when all friends turned to foes for
Senator Ladoja, it was Asiwaju whom he turned to. They planned to kill him and
have his intestines for dinner. Tinubu came to his rescue and spirited him out
of Ibadan and at the same time offered him shelter and comfort in Lagos. He was
a recipient of the renowned goodwill and large heart of the former Lagos State
governor until he was returned to office. How would this same man repay him
with evil?” the ACN asked.
The party said that the convergence of the who-is-who of
society in Ibadan on Tuesday for the commissioning of three landmark projects
of the Ajimobi administration was a testament to the developmental politics
that was ongoing in Oyo State.
“It is no longer the politics of how many Eleweomos you have,
which of the political parties Tokyo is supporting or whom Auxiliary is
supporting. It is the politics of who has impacted more in the lives of the
people. Our people, having tasted the immeasurable developmental initiatives of
the Ajimobi government in the last two years are like the proverbial woman who
has tasted the home of two husbands. They know where their breads are better
buttered between the two ex-governors and the Ajimobi government,” said the
party.
While urging Governor Ajimobi not to rest on his oars, the
ACN said that if Ajimobi could repeat his performance level in the second half
of his tenure, the masses of Oyo State would begin to stone those who
administered them for eight barren years.
“We are getting to that level now where the people of the
state, having seen what is going on, would demand why the previous eight years
were barren. We pity the architects of those unproductive years because the
days of reckoning are coming presently,” the party said.
