The Alaafin of Oyo , Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi, has appealed to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) at Oyo State and national levels to be favourably disposed the governorship ambition of Chief Adeniyi Akintola (SAN).

President Goodluck Jonathan on the talking drum presented to him by the Alafin of Oyo Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi(iii) in his Palace in Oyo yesterday.

Adeyemi made the remark when the legal luminary paid him a courtesy visit at his palace.

The monarch, who described  Akintola as a formidable pillar in legal practice, recalled that the aspirant had applied  legal prowess to save situations for the progressives.

He noted that the likes of Akintola, whom he  described as knowledgeable and God-fearing individuals, should  vie for  leadership across the three tiers of  government in the country. He said: “If Niyi (Akintola) does not come out, someone else will.

When those who are wise and intelligent refuse to contest elections, fools will take over.

“When the party chooses you, we know the next move.”

Telling Akintola the enormity of the burden of leadership if he eventually won the election, Adeyemi said “You (Akintola) have come to work. Some of those who have been made governors, ministers, commissioners are running into hiding today because they soon forgot what they were voted in for and deviated from the path. You have come to work. No rest till the last day.”