SENATOR Olufemi Lanlehin, Oyo State governorship candidate under the banner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has charged voters to troop out en masse to vote the ADC candidates in next week and March 2 elections.
Speaking against the backdrop of recent increase in violence against opposition parties, Lanlehin told voters, “don’t be intimidated, their aim is to scare you off, so you’ll be discouraged from voting. Don’t mind them, troop out, and vote en masse for ADC candidates and your votes will count.”
“We are a party of perfect gentlemen, whose only priority is to better the lot of our people. To that end, only our party, the ADC, is masses-oriented. The ADC is the real deal. I, therefore, implore you to be patient enough on polling day, as you’ll do a four-year work in just two days,” he said.
Addressing to a large crowd of excited supporters at Alesinloye market, Lanlehin recalled how he initiated construction of borehole for the market until same was stopped by the ruling party.
“I recall bringing the rig to construct a borehole here, but the selfish ones stopped it. That was the same thing they did at the Molete poultry market. They prevented us from providing amenities for our people,” he said.
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Lanlehin chided the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration for what he termed “gratuitous insult” on the people of the state, accusing the party of not doing anything to ameliorate poverty despite being in power for nearly eight years.
He told the waiting crowd, “we don’t want garri and kulikuli; rather, we want the basic amenities of life.”
Promising traders of good times on assumption of power from 29 May 2019, Lanlehin said, “we won’t force you to pay arbitrary charges, instead, we will create environments that make businesses thrive.”
Lanlehin, who danced to the songs to the admiration of the crowd, also criticised the Tradermoni scheme, asking “where were they all these years?”
“We shall renovate your mosque. Ifeleye, Oranyan and Agbeni Markets all have solar street lights. In fact, Ogunpa Market has over 30 solar lights. We’ll first give Alesinloye a functional transformer before we begin rolling in other market-friendly programmes.
Lanlehin’s campaign tour later dovetailed into a roadshow, coursing through Dugbe to Alesinloye, Mile 110, Apata, Odo Ona, Oluyole Estate, Challenge and environs.
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