At the last count, no fewer than 15 indigenes of Oyo State across party divides have covertly or overtly declared their intentions to succeed Governor Abiola Ajimobi in 2019. The list includes but not limited to the Minister of Communications, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu (APC); Engr. Seyi Makinde (SDP); former Minister of Sports, Prof. Taoheed Adedoja; ex-Senate Leader, Teslim Folarin, and an Ibadan-born legal luminary, Adeniyi Akintola (SAN). It is also instructive to note that the incumbent governor is an Ibadan indigene and that may have also explained why there is…
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