Former Oyo State governor who left the All Progressives Congress in October 2018, after the governorship primaries didn’t go his way has now returned to the party after series of meetings with Tinubu.
Reports have it that Alao-Akala visited the national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the company of his wife, Oluwakemi Alao-Akala; his son, Olamiju and the Director General of his campaign, Wale Ohu, at Bourdillon on Thursday.
The former governor had asked to be given time to make a formal statement on the meeting with the APC national leader.
Newsmen reported that top sources close to the two politicians had revealed that it was the motive of the former Lagos state governor, Tinubu, the meeting was initiated after the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, won the presidential election in the state.
A source close to Tinubu, who begged for anonymity said Ajimobi’s defeat showed that the people of Oyo State could vote against the APC candidate, Adebayo Adelabu.
Its no longer news that Tinubu and Alao-Akala met on Tuesday. Tinubu used the medium to ask Alao-Akala, who has many supporters in Ogbomoso, to collapse his structure into that of Adelabu. He was further quoted saying “We know that if Alao-Akala was in our camp, there was no way Atiku would have had such a good outing in Oyo State, especially Ogbomoso”.
When asked why the APC did not forge an alliance with Alao-Akala before now, the source said they would have done so but Governor Ajimobi told them that there was no need to worry.
