Osun election: Let’s avoid bloodshed —Babayemi

DIRECTOR-General for Osun West Governorship Campaign Council of All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Dotun Babayemi, has pleaded with the people of the state to file out peacefully on Saturday to elect a new governor for the state.

Specifically, Babayemi enjoined the electorate to ensure the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, the APC candidate at the scheduled poll for a desired transformational change in the state.

In a release on Sunday from his media office, the Director-General appealed that bloodshed and related wanton destruction of lives and property should be avoided.

“The task before all of us is to choose a new governor and this we can do peacefully through our votes without maiming, killings or destroying property. This becomes instructive because of the fact that regardless of our political differences, we remain members of the same family bonded by a common heritage called Osun State. The fact remains: elections will come and go but our state will continue to remain,” he said.

According to him, the cost of repairing damages could be beyond comprehension at the end, insisting that it was an avoidable path if stakeholders and the people could avoid seeing any election as a do-or-die affair.

He assured that through the APC candidate, Asiwaju Bola Oyebamiji, the party’s people-centred programmes would drive the state to a lofty height better than where it is today.

“Our candidate, Alhaji Oyebamiji, is ready and rearing to go. With the massive support of the people across the state, I am optimistic that he will triumph and our state will be good for it,” Babayemi maintained.

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In a related development, a three-day staggered medical outreach tagged ‘Omooba Dotun Babayemi -AMBO Medical Outreach’ organised to further boost the chances of the party, was rounded off on Saturday at Gbongan, the headquarters of Ayedade Local Government.

Held separately at Orile-Owu,Tonkere and Gbongan, where about ten thousand people were attended to, free medical services were provided.

While the beneficiaries were provided with free blood pressure and blood sugar tests, medical consultations, medications, eye care services, health education, and other interventions, many patients who required further medical attention were immediately referred for additional treatment, with all associated costs and expenses fully borne by Babayemi as part of his contribution to improving the health and wellbeing of the people in solidarity with the APC governorship candidate.