Celebration Times… Alao Akala Celebrates with His Wins

Good things come in at least three waves. This is true for Olamiju, the son of the former Governor of Oyo State, the late Adebayo Alao-Akala. First, Olamiju won the Ogbomoso North/Ogbomoso South/Oriire Federal Constituency seat at the National Assembly. Secondly, he celebrated his victory with relatives and friends. Now, he needs to show that he has noble intentions as he ticks off the promises he made to his people. This is also a good thing.

The Akalas of Oyo State recently organised a thanksgiving service in which they attributed the latest big win of the family to God. Surrounded by close relatives, friends, and their well-wishers at their local church, First Baptist Church, Okeelerin, Ogbomosho, the entire family held up the hands of Honourable Olamiju in gratitude to God. By this, they demonstrated the new House of Representatives member’s devotion to God.

Although the thanksgiving celebrations did not extend beyond happy recollections of the event that illustrated Honourable Olamiju’s new status, it helped put into perspective how difficult it was for him to secure that position. After all, his rise to power was unprecedented, no different from his father’s ascension to political power from wearing a police uniform.

Folks would recall that Honourable Olamiju won the elections for the Ogbomosho North/South Oriire Federal Constituency about six months ago. Scoring 33,268 votes, Olamiju came first and pushed out his closest rival, Olufemi Onireti of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who only polled 27,126 votes.

Although a proud member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Honourable Olamiju is already showing that his approach to governance is much softer than what is attributed to the party’s methods.