The Ogun State Deputy Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Candidate in the 2023 general elections, Adekunle Akinlade has hit back at the Senator representing Lagos State at the National Assembly, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, describing him as a perpetual liar.

The Senator who holds the ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ogun West Senatorial District, had last Friday accused Akinlade, popularly called Triple A, of betraying the Ogun West people by accepting the deputy governorship ticket in PDP.

Adeola popularly called Yayi, though didn’t mention names, he also accused Triple A of collecting N150m, a bullet proof car and a Hilux vehicle as part of the deal to accept the deputy governorship ticket.

Akinlade, the Director General of Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign Council in the State, while dismissing the allegations said Yayi and others in the APC are the betrayers who worked against the interest of the Senatorial Distrcit in 2019 when it had the brightest chance to produce a Governor.

Akinlade, from Yewa extraction, was the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement in 2019, he lost to Governor Dapo Abiodun with about 20, 000 votes.

Triple A said he wouldn't have paid mind to the allegations if they were not made in his hometown, Ipokia.

“If the frivolous claims were made in Egba or Ijebu, I wouldn't have paid mind to it, but because he lied blatantly here in Ipokia, I'll have to set the record straight.

“See the black Jeep outside, that was the SUV he referred to; I and my wife have had it for about 5 years now and the Hilux, the one my police orderly are using, I gave money to Otunba Akeem Adigun Sokopao in 2015 to buy it for me, so that's about 8 years now.

“We're not spendthrift in Yewa here and that is why I've been able to maintain those vehicles for that long, unlike them who change vehicles in six months or in a year, since the money is not from their sweat," Akinlade said.

He continued, "He said I betrayed Yewa people for those material things. Yayi is like the proverbial one-eyed goat that makes one abuse its owner.  Since those we looked up to when we were small betrayed Yewa with those material things and Yayi has been offering same things to those elders queuing behind him to betray our common goals, he thought we are all the same."

Akinlade also refuted Yayi claims that he would open up the borders in Yewa and construct new bridges when voted in, saying they were all empty promises as a lawmaker does not have such power.

"This man is the Chairman of the Senate committee on Finance, meaning the minister for finance is under him and the policy that led to closing the borders came from that ministry. So, the question to be asked is ‘what has Yayi done to the issue in the over 3 years that he has been in the Senate?" Akinlade queried.

Akinlade also made reference to the polytechnic in Ipokia which has been abandoned since 2019, asking for what Yayi did to rescue the school's situation despite his closeness to the incumbent governor in the State.

Triple A bemoaned the roles played by Gboyega Nasiru Isiaka, Biodun Akinlade and Yayi in scuttling the chance of a Yewa governor in 2019 adding that they were the real betrayals.

Akinlade further explained that him being on the ballot is to protect Ogun West interest while assuring the people that they will not regret electing the candidates of the PDP in the February/March elections.