Oyo 2019: Akintola deserves our total support —Alaafin

The Alaafin of Oyo , Oba Lamidi Olayiwola
Adeyemi, has appealed to the leadership of the
All Progressives Congress, (APC) at Oyo State
and national levels to be favourably disposed
the governorship ambition of Chief Adeniyi
Akintola (SAN).
Adeyemi made the remark when the legal
luminary paid him a courtesy visit at his palace.
The monarch, who described Akintola as a
formidable pillar in legal practice, recalled that
the aspirant had applied legal prowess to save
situations for the progressives.
He noted that the likes of Akintola, whom he
described as knowledgeable and God-fearing
individuals, should vie for leadership across
the three tiers of government in the country. He
said: “If Niyi (Akintola) does not come out,
someone else will.
When those who are wise and intelligent refuse
to contest elections, fools will take over.
“When the party chooses you, we know the next
move.”
Telling Akintola the enormity of the burden of
leadership if he eventually won the election,
Adeyemi said “You (Akintola) have come to
work. Some of those who have been made
governors, ministers, commissioners are running
into hiding today because they soon forgot what
they were voted in for and deviated from the
path. You have come to work. No rest till the
last day.”