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According to him, there was an urgent need to prevent the APC from being in control of the State for the sake of a secure future.
“I decided to run with Hon. Ladi Adebutu for two important reasons. One is to stop the APC. This State needs to be reset by the PDP.
“Secondly, I will do everything within the ambit of the law to stop the Lagos West Senator in his bid to be elected as a Senator in Ogun West.”
He made this known during a meeting he had with the indigenes of Ipokia Local Government to brief them on the reasons he dumped the APC for the PDP.
In his words, Akinlade explained that the APC leadership betrayed his political father, former Governor Ibikunle Amosun, for failing to implement the sharing formula agreed upon by the factions of the party in Ogun, saying that was why Amosun did not stop his foot soldiers from pitching their tents elsewhere.
He said the Electoral Act signed by President Muhammadu Buhari had put an end to rigging, saying all the APC candidates will fail in Ogun.
In addition, Akinlade described Adeola’s candidacy in Ogun West as a slap on the people of Yewa-Awori and Ogun State as a whole.
He frowned at Hon Abiodun Akinlade and Gboyega Isiaka for accepting to step down for Adeola when they were handed the House of Representatives tickets, saying the two of them will campaign for Adeola, whether directly or indirectly.
“The only thing the duo of Abiodun Akinlade and GNI can do is not to campaign at all. But if they refuse to listen, we will teach them a lesson with our votes. They will lose.
“We are Yewa-Awori. We are special, we don’t accept insults. Adeola’s candidacy is a slap on our face. We need to stop these insults. Even people from the North are calling to condemn this aberration. We must stop it.
“Don’t cast any vote for the APC. Give all your votes to the PDP. Let’s prove to them that we won’t allow anybody to rubbish us. We won’t fight anybody, but our votes will speak. They won’t be able to steal our votes as they did in 2019. They will all fail. We will do everything under the law to stop Yayi and to prevent the APC from returning. That’s why I’m on the ballot,” he stated.
Adekunle Abdulkabir Akinlade is a Nigerian politician. He represented Egbado South and Ipokia federal constituency in the House of Representatives. He left the All Progressive Congress and joined the Allied Peoples Movement to run for Governor of Ogun State in the 2019 election.