Deputy Governor of Ekiti State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship hopeful, Professor Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola, has stated that the people of the state are resolute nature and would resist any form of manipulation of the 2018 governorship election in the state. Professor Olusola, who spoke in his native Ikere Ekiti during a rally by the youths to bolster his political aspiration, said the people’s will was mightier than the federal might in a democratic setting and that thought of federal government deploying its power to rig the election in favour of APC should be perished as “it will not work.”
Olusola, who has emerged as Governor Ayodele Fayose’s preferred flagbearer in the July 2018 election, described his aspiration as “God-ordained” and urged his kinsmen from Ikere Ekiti to see his governorship project as an “Ikere agenda that must be supported by all the indigenes, regardless of political inclinations.”
The well-attended rally had commenced with a march from Oke Ikere via Uro quarters and ended at the palace of Ogoga of Ikere Ekiti, Oba Adejimi Adu Alagbado.
Those who participated in the procession included: the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Kola Oluwawole; Commissioners for Education, Jide Eegunjobi; Budget, Gbenga Olajide, the lawmaker representing Ikere 1 at the House of Assembly, Mr. Wale Ayeni, Special Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Dauda Ajise, among others.
Olusola, who addressed the crowd advised the indigenes of the second most populous town in Ekiti to participate in the ongoing Continuous Voter registration exercise with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to shore up the voting strength of the town ahead of the poll.
“It is necessary that you register because that your voter cards are your AK47 against the APC on the day of the election. It is the weapon that you will use to vote for a man of your choice so that these people won’t come through the back door to power.
“Today’s rally shows that all the Ikere sons and daughters appreciated our governor, Chief Fayose for deeming it fit to make an Ikere person a candidate. You must come together to support this project, because this is more of Ikere agenda that knows no political bounds.
“Whether you are PDP or APC members, you must support this project and when an Ikere person becomes the governor, all of us will reap the benefit.
“We are grateful to governor Fayose and the PDP for counting one of us worthy to become the governor.
“You know that our governor is a friend of the masses. He loves the people and operates an open door policy. Let me assure you that I will operate the same way if you elect me, because Fayose leads, we follow,” he said.
Olusola added that the December 23, 2017, local government elections in the State would be a mere walkover for the PDP.
“The PDP will win all the 16 chairmanship and the 177 councillorship seats, I don’t expect anything less,” he stated.
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