A group of family heads in Ibadan land, under the auspices of Authentic Mogajis has on Wednesday queried the interest of the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the gubernatorial election of Oyo state.
The group also gave a stern warning to a former governor of Oyo state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala over his recent utterances against the Osi Olubadan of Ibadan land, Senator Rashidi Ladoja.
Akala has in a recent address after pulling out of the negotiation of opposition parties to join forces with the APC candidate said he pulled out of the negotiation because his former boss, Ladoja said he could not be presented because he’s not from Ibadan.
The former governor further said he opted out of the coalition for the interest of the yet unborn generations in his home town of Ogbomoso so that Ibadan people will stop considering themselves as the sole owner of Oyo state.
But authentic Mogajis in a statement issued by its spokesperson in Ibadan on Wednesday said Akala has demonstrated his hatred for the progress of Oyo state for urging the coalition to present him as a candidate, when he knew he is battling with health challenges.
The statement reads in part: “We believe that Ogbomoso and Ibadan are from the same mother, therefore, we don’t expect Akala to cause crisis between the two ancient cities.
“What is the interest of Tinubu in Oyo guber politics? It is open secret that he is instigating two brothers against each other and it is not acceptable to us. The candidates of PDP and APC are our sons and we don’t want external forces to create divisions among them.
“Both of them are gentlemen from Ibadan but we realised that Seyi Makinde is more of a grassroots than his younger brother. Therefore we appeal to our people especially the entire Ibadan indigenes, Ibarapa, saki, iseyin, Oyo and the entire people of the state to consider the closeness of Seyi Makinde to the grassroots before voting. We implore Adelabu to wait till 2023 to actualise his ambition.”
The group further said it won’t allow any individual to insult the stool of Olubadan and the High Chief Rasidi Ladoja for saying the truth to the authority.
The family heads noted that Ladoja is a man of integrity who has a passion for the progress of his people and the state as a whole.
