One of the gubernatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Chief Bayo Adelabu,visited the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, where he received royal blessings on Thursday.
The visit was in continuation of his consultations with APC leaders, supporters and stakeholders across local governments in the state.
Adelabu spoke to journalists in Ibadan said 2019 is a defining year for the people of the state as any would-be governor would be scrutinised and adequately interrogated by the electorate to ensure the best man with outstanding pedigree emerges as the occupant of Agodi Government House.
The immediate past Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria remarked further that any moneybag politician willing to purchase the conscience of the electorate to sell their votes for a pot of porridge should better have a rethink because doing so would make the concerned to lose his deposits.
Responding to a question on the gale of defections across political parties, Adelabu, who is a grandson of one of the founding fathers of Nigeria, Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu, popularly known as Penkelemesi, said: “Our nascent democracy is fast improving and maturing.
“No mediocre can hide under any political party to contest election again in Oyo State.
“The electorate are more interested in the personality, pedigree and the track records of each of the candidates beyond party politics.
“On our political parties, there is no ideological difference in our political parties and that is why it is easier for politicians to move from one political party to another.”
