AKALA'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH!
Protocols....
Ladies and gentlemen!
Today marks the beginning of another history in
the political landscape of our great state. The
beginning of victory over darkness, as we're all on
board to the promise land.
The events of the recent weeks spurred us into
taking this very bold step. A step that has put stop
to rumours, gist and speculation within the political
circuit in Oyo State and Nigeria at large.
I want to take you down political archive of this
state in the last 35 years. No politician or group of
people has ever being a monopoly of winning
formula for all elections till date. The indices keep
on changing every season even while our
generalisimo late Chief Lamidi Ariyibi Adedibu was
alive.
This year, against all expectations, something
unique and historical happened. That has always
being the peculiarity of political algebra in Oyo
state and this has continually goes beyond any
human ability or permutation.
From the time of the late Cicero uncle Bola Ige
(1979 to 1983), late Chief Kolapo Ishola's short
term of 1992-1993, Alhaji Lam Adesina, Senator
Rashidi Ladoja, my humble self's first stint as
governor of the state and the current
administration, the formula has never being the
same.
An adage says, "man proposes God disposes." In
preparation for 2015 elections, we set out to
actualize our ambition on our old mat, but God has
another plan for us- here we are on a marble, the
Rehoboth, without stress amidst honest and
reliable people.
I want to reiterate it that we never planned to
leave PDP. We were not chased out either but it
was evident that the current leadership of the party
had forgotten that politics is not the same as
election.
We set out to win election because we are sure
that we have the masses on our side. But they
were busy playing "politics from the top" and never
considered its implication during election proper.
We refused to satisfy the minority and gamble with
the lives of millions because of an inordinate
ambition.
Let me affirm here that after politics from the top
comes election which can only be decided by the
masses. It will speak of the master of the game.
Though we're not abrogating arrogance to
ourselves, but our party as its slogan says-
forward ever, backward never, its army is full of
election marshals of note and not chess players.
They are marshals who for a very long time have
proven themselves while they've never shown any
sign of tiredness. I refer to them as 'tested and
trusted' marshals.
We know nobody from the top but we're heir of the
TOP MAN, God Himself, because his own list
cannot be doctored anywhere.
As from this moment, we will embark on massive
public enlightenment to all nooks and crannies of
the state.
I want to use this opportunity to thank everybody
that made this union what it is today.
People make party, together we shall make history
in this state with Labour Party come February 2015
and beyond.
Forward ever, backward never.
I thank you all
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