The People’s Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress in Ondo State have been touring towns and villages in the state, canvassing for votes ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
The major opposition and ruling political platforms made boast of clinching top in the forthcoming contest that is about 23 days away.
Shoring support for the candidate of the PDP, Agboola Ajayi, the governor of Oyo State and leader of the South-West zone of the party, Seyi Makinde, said that the victory of PDP will be a liberation for the people of the state.
Makinde, who led Ajayi’s campaign train to the Akoko Area of the state, averred that the PDP candidate would not disappoint his voters and other citizens of Ondo.
The campaign train moved to the towns and villages of Akoko North-West and Akoko North- East Local Government Areas of the state alongside leaders of the party in Oyo and Ondo States.
They also visited the palaces of the Olukare of Ikare, Akadiri Momoh, the Owa-Ale of Ikare Akoko, Adeleke Adegbite-Adedoyin and the Owa of Ogbagi, Victor Adetona.
Addressing the Obas at their various palaces, Makinde promised a cordial relationship with the traditional institution for growth, peace, security and wellness of the state.
Urging crowd at the venue to support PDP, Oyo Governor said their vote is for the liberation of Ondo, noting that Ajayi would ensure security and development.
The PDP candidate, Agboola Ajayi, in his remarks promised to carry along the traditional rulers in his administration.
Ajayi, however, appealed to the traditional rulers in the State to prevail on their subjects not to involve in violence or in any act capable of causing crisis before, during and after the gubernatorial election.
In a similar vein, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Ondo State governor, also boasted of victory, alluding that PDP is no longer in existence in the state.
Aiyedatiwa made this known during his campaign at Igbobini, Kiribo Igbotu, and other communities in the Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state, the home town and the Local Government of his main challenger, Agboola Ajayi.
The governor said all the gladiators in the PDP had defected to the ruling APC ahead of the poll.
According to him, the people’s support and loyalty to his administration have continued to make the ruling party wax stronger in the State, stressing that his second term has been sealed.
Addressing a crowd that trooped out to welcome him at Igbobini, the governor promised that his administration would continue to initiate more developmental projects across the State if re-elected.
