*says he is ready to clinch ticket
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
An All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao on Wednesday, said he is the best out of the aspirants in the party with no baggage and skeleton in his cupboard to tarnish his image.
The APC leading governorship aspirant who stated this in an open letter to the delegates to the Oyo APC primary, expressed optimism of clinching the ticket of the party in this Thursday’s primary election
Engineer Alao in the open letter titled, “My pact to serve Oyo State” declared that his competence and experience in various leadership capacities gives him an edge over other aspirants.
” I am the best aspirant to pick the gubernatorial ticket of our great party, APC in Oyo State, no thanks to the name and integrity I have built for myself over the years. Out of the lot, I can vouch that I am the only one with no record of blemish and electoral fraud”, he said
Engineer Alao pointed out that he has travelled to all the 33 local government areas in the state to feel where shoe pinches the people and that he is more than prepared to move the state forward and compete favourably with other states in the country.
Emphasizing that he ” is the best out of the aspirants with no baggage and skeleton in his cupboard to tarnish his image as he has never participated in the looting of the commonwealth of the people, the APC leading governorship aspirant urged the delegates to vote wisely to save the state from those he described as ‘marauders’.
Engineer Alao while stressing in the open letter, said that his foray into politics, ” is to ensure good governance and welfare, wellbeing and economic prosperity of all, assured that the development of every zone to become tourist attractions and investment friendly areas would be his priority as governor.
The Oman-based Project and Contact Management Specialist stressed further that he is active in the race to secure the governorship ticket of APC, and that there is no consensus agreement among the aspirants as been speculated in the media.
He however, called on his co-aspirants to come out and test their popularity among the delegates rather than resorting to dropping name of leaders of the party, noted that this is not the time to mislead members of the party.
