The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo state, Senator Teslim Folarin, has finally opened up on why he lost the March 28 governorship election to Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to Daily Trust reports, Folarin said he was “thrown under the bus” for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC to win the February 25 presidential election in the state.
Folarin stated this while addressing APC members at a reception and victory party held in honour of Honorable Remi Abasi Oseni, member representing Ibarapa/Ido Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives
He said the APC is the strongest party in Oyo state with three senatorial seats of Oyo South, Oyo Central and Oyo North, including nine federal constituency seats out of 14.
“If we are talking about the strongest party in Oyo State today, it is APC. We won three senatorial seats and nine out of federal constituency seats. Our people are already in the election tribunal and I can tell you that we would win two more federal constituency seats. On the governorship election, we were thrown under the bus” he said.
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Folarin had earlier absolved the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the blame of being responsible for abysmal performance of the candidates in the Governorship/ House of Assembly election in the state.
Folarin was quoted in a personally signed statement as distancing himself from a trending video blaming Tinubu for his defeat.
It reads, “My attention has been drawn to a trending 2:04 mins video, blaming Mr President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other APC chieftains for the outcome of Saturday, March 18th governorship and the house of Assembly elections in Oyo.
“I strongly dissociate myself from the trending video. It was produced by my sworn enemies with the sole intention to drive wedges in my relationships with our highly revered leader Asiwaju and other party stakeholders.
The APC governorship candidate added, “I reiterate, it is Only God that gives and takes power.”
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