THEbattle for the Oyo State Government House has in recent times never been a battle for the gentle. It is especially so given the fact that Ibadan, the state capital is dubbed the political headquarters of the South-West and has its own idiosyncrasies. One of such is captured in the saying: “Ibadan people don’t serve a governor twice”.Even though this slogan has been variously dismissed to be a coinage of some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chieftains in the state, residents in the sprawling city still hold tenaciously to it.Ahead of the 2015 gubernatorial election and following the emergence of a crowd of aspirants, the recurring question on the lips of observers is on whether the second term jinx could be broken. A peep into the pedigree of the aspirants across the leading political parties indicates that a tough race is in the offing.APC Governor Abiola AjimobiHe is as at now the only governorship aspirant in the APC. Though, the influence of the incumbency cannot be under-estimated, there are some discordant tunes that indicate things may not be that rosy for the governor. Residents in the state see Governor Ajimobi from different perspectives. To the elites, he is the messiah; To street traders, he is a disaster to the state; to the civil servants he is a necessary evil. - See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/oyo-2015-titanic-battle-agodi-govt-house/#sthash.kfYrsWEN.dpuf
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