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Akin Alabi, founder, Nairabet and the author of Big Business |
The founder and Chairman of Nairabet, Mr. Akin Alabi has won the All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representative ticket for Egbeda/Ona Ara federal constituency in Oyo State.
The business tycoon secured the automatic ticket after other contenders stepped down for him.
“I have just been declared the winner of the primary election after the other contestants, Hon Jenrade, Hon Adewale Ishola and Hon Adio all stepped down for me,” Alabi tweeted on Thursday.
It could be recalled that, Akin Alabi had in 2015 contested for the same constituency; Egbeda-Ona Ara seat of the House of Representatives’ election under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but lost.
He had earlier resigned from the sports betting company to enable him to concentrate on his political ambition ahead of 2019.He, however, noted that he will be returning to the betting company if he fails to win the primary.
“If I lose, my seat will be waiting for me at the head office. Politics is not a do or die affair,” he said.
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