Former Oyo State governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala has stated that he will dump the Labour Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress.
Alao-Akala confirmed rumours of his defection when he visited Governor Abiola Ajimobi at his Oluyole residence in Ibadan after the appellate court upheld the governor’s victory in the last poll.
Speaking on his defection to APC, he said that the process of his defection into the party was still on.
He however did not state categorically when he will officially switch to APC.
Meanwhile, he has urged Rasheed Ladoja of Accord Party to drop legal proceedings against Ajimobi who he called his brother.
“I am here to rejoice with my brother for the judgment of today in the court. We already knew what the outcome would be. We had expected what we got today. So we are rejoicing.
“The governor has the interest of the people of Oyo State at heart. He should, therefore, be allowed to take care of their welfare and to let them have life more abundant. We are all one.
“When somebody is in the front, you must follow him. God has put him there. Let us all help him so that he can also help the teeming population of Oyo State.
“I will advise the opposition or whoever is still aggrieved to please bury the hatchet and work together with the governor to move the state forward,’’ he said.
