OYO 2015: I won’t stepdown for Akala – Babalola

A People's Democratic Party, PDP, governorship
aspirant in Oyo state, Femi Babalola, has said he wont
stepdown for ex-governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-
Akala, ahead of the party's primary election next
month.

Babalola is an Ibadan-based businessman and owns the popular Jogor centre in Ibadan, the state capital. In a statement, Babalola who was the first candidate to purchase the PDP's expression of interest form ahead of the 2015 governorship elections in the state said steppind down for Akala now will amount to a betrayal of the people's trust in him. "Stepping down for him

(Akala) now will amount to an act of betrayal of the
people of the state, who are in full support of my
aspiration to hoist the flag of my great party, the PDP in
the governorship election come 2015," he said.
Akala was governor of Oyo state from 2006 to 2011.



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