Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has urged members of the Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) to honour the late former governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala by winning the next governorship election in the state.
The Governor disclosed this on Friday while speaking at Alao-Akala’s residence on Friday during a visit to the Akala’s family in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
”You have to come together to fight because of him (Alao-Akala). He stood for APC till the last. You lost the last election, you must not lose the coming one,” Akeredolu said.
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has urged members of the Oyo State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) to honour the late former governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala by winning the next governorship election in the state.
The Governor disclosed this on Friday while speaking at Alao-Akala’s residence on Friday during a visit to the Akala’s family in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
”You have to come together to fight because of him (Alao-Akala). He stood for APC till the last. You lost the last election, you must not lose the coming one,” Akeredolu said.
He further expressed that the death of the APC chieftain was a shock to him as he was supposed to have a meeting with him a week before his death.
“When I heard about the demise of my brother, it was shocking to me. Shocking for many reasons. Probably, we would have met a week before his death, but because I was otherwise engaged. I didn’t go for my ADC’s father’s birthday. We would have met. I was to be there.
“He was a man with a very large heart. Large heart in that, as you would know, we were at different camps. Not politics. I was only a lawyer but on the other side against him.
“Why I said he has a large heart; around the time we were in court against him, I became President of the Nigeria Bar Association. When I became President, he didn’t owe me any duty to honour me or host me a dinner. I am not from Oyo State. He hosted me to a dinner and he said I brought honor to Oyo state. Not many men can do that,” he said.
