South West Zonal Director of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Council, Mr Olusola Oke, on Friday, called on the South West to support Buhari’s election, noting that Buhari was living up to the ideals of Chief Obafemi Awolowo like accountability, transparency and commitment to the development of the zone.
Speaking at the South West APC Campaign office in Ibadan, Oke argued that the Buhari administration had brought about capacity development, diversified the economy to Agriculture, focused on Industrialization, revived roads and rail, improved power generation and imbued in Nigerians the consciousness to detest corruption.
This is as he said foreign countries now had implicit confidence in Nigeria because the era of deceit, looting of the treasury and corruption, in all forms, was being tackled strategically.
He added that the Buhari administration had given the South West a pride of place by allocating key positions to the Yoruba in his cabinet, while also fixing the Lagos/Ibadan road and reviving the Lagos-Ibadan-Kano rail.
According to Oke, Buhari had through his assigning key positions and sitting infrastructural projects in the zone, epitomised the resolve of Awolowo for development of the South West.
He consequently held that the zone was poised not to lose its opportunity to establish itself in national politics and would vote enmasse for Buhari/Osinbajo.
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“Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s lived for transparency, accountability and that Yoruba should not be at the back seat and Buhari is living up to these ideals. Buhari is creating a solid foundation that cannot be reversed and we want to sustain these legacies. The South West occupies a centrepiece in our polity and we will not allow anybody to reduces that opportunity as a zone,” Oke said.
Oke downplayed reservations about Buhari’s health status, noting that Buhari was stronger today than he was four years ago.
He further rubbished questions about Buhari’s ill-health, noting that slips at campaigns should not be termed dementia.
“Four years ago, pundits predicted that Buhari won’t last four years. Buhari today is stronger than four years ago. When you talk about slips, we all have slip of tongue. What is the trauma in President wanting to say South East and he said North East? And people have elevated that to dementia. If a load of Nigeria is put on some of us at our younger age, we will have slip or tongue and hands in the process.
“The physical capacity of the President has improved. He has moved from state to state. In any event, he is not a sole administrator and all he has to do is to have men that are competent in different sections to run the country. The President has more capacity than before,” Oke said.
God Almighty forbid APC and it campaign director to have mocked Obafemi Awolowo who the draconian and despotic buhari tortured.
Not my Obafemi Awolowo.
You are a shame to Yoruba race.
Leave Pa Awolowo out your duddy government and dictatorship. Ohun taje tiko jeki Yoruba gbon. Yoruba ronu!
This man is a clown.
Useless man…..have you ever won any elections since you have been contesting….OLUSOLA OKE YOU’RE A FAILURE
He has no idea what awolowo is. He is speaking before reasoning
Can this uncle please for goodness sake let the LEGEND rest in peace???
How dare you mention AWOLOWO in the same sentence with “the other man”???
Is he sick or something ?
Fuck you men
Dollar Man in the broom all are 419 but I, stand with you Atiku / Obi and PDP all the way to 2019
Little did I know that Awolowo was despotic and nepotic. Well, kudos to Buhari for being their new Awolowo. Thank God that 5% is cutting across
I guess he is talking of ‘Awolowo’ of Zamfara.
Yes an ideal
Ha!!! Is that what you are telling your children.
You can fool some people sometimes but you can’t fool all of the people all the time! It takes fool to fool the fools.!
Awolowo? You must be mad
Clean your mouth sir!
O ma gbo oloshi agbaya ! I can u compare bubu with the late sage?
Idiot.while he’s the one that killed awolowo..
These people brain really gt problems
Thunder strike your mouth.
Which ideals.
Awolowo is heavily shaken @ the moment after hearing this statement. #toobad
It is absurd to claimed that Buhari is living up to Awolowo’s ideas
Yes , you are mixing old Buhari to New Buhari
ha
these people are finally mad
comparing this bastard tyrant dictator to the seige awolowo keh
When they give you the kind of money dat u av never seen before u can even call ur father a bastard.
Abeg! Let awo rest in peace joor
Oponu! Get lost
Please,sleep and wake up again
Abachas Ideas
Yes o….I do said it that Yoruba and fulani are related
I can’t expect less he is on Apc pay roll
Olusola oke, where were you when Awolowo was alive.? I think you should try and color Buhari the way he is. You can’t compare him with Awolowo. Buhari is not educated like Awo.
Group of failure, Yoruba Ronu ooooo
God punish you
Why are this useless supporters of FAILURE bring in Legendary AWO into this their dirty campaign? This people should be very careful in choice of names they mention.
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That is a great insult to the great man called Awolowo
This is the same idiot that was legal adviser of PDP for years, Nigeria is truly a sick nation
What an Insult on the person of Awolowo . Oke must be a bastard
Stupid statement. No comparison, Awolowo a man of vision, Character, archiver.
Can you imagine a Yoruba man ?✈️ talking trash ? but what’s strong with us Yorubas?
Insult
Omugo
awolowo was not an illiterate
Useless man
Keep quiet
Nonsensical
Mr man you are a disgrace