Blackmail is a weapon in politics. I have developed a thick skin- Ladoja

High Chief Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja has reacted to the recent remarks by the African democratic Congress ( ADC), that he’s working for the All Progressives Congress, APC, ahead of the 2019 general elections in Oyo State. The former governor described the press statement made by the state PRO of ADC in Oyo state as “Cheap blackmail” in a desperate attempt to dent his image despite being the founding father of the party. 

Ladoja, in an exclusive interview online with MouthpieceNG, disclosed that “Blackmail is a weapon in politics. I’ve developed a thick skin.”

“I set my goals and objectives in accordance with my vision. I study them and strategically execute them. 

“My detractors discuss my successes and failure because they have nothing to execute. I am in the news more because I’m working, Nigerians discuss active men in the field. Mentioning any negative news about me will double the wealth of any news media that published it. 

“My name today is a financial market for journalist. Not even elected politicians get the publicity I am enjoying. 

“My comrades, go and work till mentioning your name becomes a source of increased wealth for someone. Even my weakness create wealth for vendors’.”

Speaking further, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja said he left ADC because of impunity. “Invincible hands are the one in charge”

“I’ve left no one in doubt with the condemnation of APC policies of pauperising Nigerians both at National and Oyo state levels. For the umpteenth time, ZLP has shown that it is ready to take over the Oyo state government by winning the next election and thereby displacing APC government that is without human face. So to insinuate any meeting of minds between APC and ZLP by ADC is an effort in futility that cannot fly.

Meanwhile the ZLP, in a statement by its spokesperson, Olajide Olanipekun, said the ADC is saddened by the “popular acceptance of ZLP by the masses and electorates of Oyo State following the press interviews and tour of Media Houses by the Leadership of ZLP is now constituting headache to the empty ADC and have now taken to blackmail which will worsen the already bad situation of the party.

“ADC is a drowning party which is holding on to any straw for survival which is now blackmail. 

Speaking further, he said “It is crystal clear that since High Chief Rashidi Ladoja left ADC, the party has become a carcass and as empty as a snail shell after the removal of the snail.

“The mass exodus that hit ADC after Chief Ladoja left has beclouded the reasoning of the  party Leaders who are the ‘Unity Group’ that recently splintered from APC. The popular acceptance of ZLP by the masses and electorates of Oyo State following the press interviews and tour of Media Houses by the Leadership of ZLP is now constituting headache to the empty ADC and have now taken to blackmail which will worsen the already bad situation of the party.

“We hereby warn the ADC to face its internal crisis of not having Gubernatorial candidate with the INEC in Oyo state for the March 2nd/2019 election and the avalanche of cases pending in the court.

 “Also, we hereby issue a stern warning to ALL ADC candidates to IMMEDIATELY remove the photographs of Chief Ladoja from their campaign posters, handbills or billboards failure to do so, we will be left with no other option than to seek redress in a court of competent jurisdiction for impersonation which may be both criminal and civil.

In conclusion, ZLP Oyo State appreciates the masses and electorates of Oyo state for the wide acceptance they have given to the party so far and urges them to keep faith with the party so  to end the misgovernment of APC and allow ZLP to bring back good governance to Oyo by voting massively for the party’s candidates during  the February 16, 2019 National Assembly poll and March 2, 2019 poll, “he said.