ALAO AKALA SECURES LABOUR PARTY GUBER TICKET.

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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