People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial hopeful in Oyo Central, Comrade Wale Ajani has said that the allegation of candidates’ imposition by Governor Seyi Makinde in Oyo State is mere rumour.
Comrade Ajani, who stated this on Saturday, April 9, 2022, while fielding questions from journalists during a media chat organised in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, described the governor as a true democrat whose actions and utterances are in tandem with democratic tenets.
Affirming his stance, the senatorial hopeful said further that the pieces of information spreading like wildfire on imposition of candidates were mere rumours, expressing the trust that it could not be orchestrated by Governor Makinde.
Ajani maintained that Makinde is no doubt a democrat who had firm understanding and mastery of democratic engagement and tenets.
He also stressed that Makinde could not engage in an act that would give extinction to stability of democracy and its firm principles.
On his preparation for party’s primaries, he said that he had consulted all concerned and appropriate individuals and stakeholders in the fold of umbrella party for possibility of his emergence.
Ajani maintained that he had declared his intention with procurement and submission of expression of interest and nomination forms, adding that he was ready and willing to partake in PDP senatorial primaries slated for May, 2022, where he, God’s willing, would coast home to victory.
On his blueprint, Ajani disclosed that Oyo Central Senatorial District deserves better representation and has to be liberated from the shackles of retrogression that was purportedly triggered by bad representation.
After wins at the general elections, he promised to make differences on human capital development and human welfare.
Among the aspirants, he adjudged himself the best choice, sequel to his firmness of legislative mystery, engagement on concept of legislation and dynamism on effective representation.
Ajani stressed that being the youngest among the aspirants with character, competence and capacity, the party’s stakeholders would support him and not engage in putting a square peg in a round hole.
He said that he believed that PDP remains a party which tailors its activities and programmes in line with pronouncement of democratic tenets, maintaining that the governor and leaders would do everything possible to adhere strictly to those principles.
On sum of N1million he credited to one of the account numbers of the leaders in Oyo Central which had become talk of the town that he was mounting pressure on them for retrieval, Ajani maintained that it was mere rumour, saying that it was the Senatorial Chairman, Alhaji Mufutau Ogunremi in his wisdom who sent the money to him, having known that its payment goes against the party’s guidelines and constitution.
“He returned the money because he is a man of conscience, as he also agreed that the meeting was hijacked and manipulated by some some characters,” Ajani stated.
