Ibadan – The people of Oyo State have been
urged to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan
and all Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)
candidates in February to ensure the creation
of Ibadan state.
Oloye Jumoke Akinjide, Minister of State for
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), made the call
during PDP campaign for Jonathan and
Sen.Teslim Folarin in Ibadan on Thursday.
Akinjide said that Jonathan had signified
interest in the creation of the state and such
would be achieved if re-elected and with
Folarin as the governor of the state.
“You should please go out and convince
others to collect their voter cards.
“Tell them to vote for Jonathan and Folarin. It
is by doing so that we can get Ibadan State.
Vote PDP, vote Ibadan State’’, she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the minister used the occasion to dispel
the rumour of being at loggerheads with
Folarin.
“Folarin and I are brother and sister. We are
not fighting. We are together’’, she said.
Alhaji Yekini Adeojo, former National Deputy
Chairman of the party, said Folarin was the
best candidate for Oyo governorship.
He said Sen. Rasidi Ladoja of Accord Party,
Sen. Abiola Ajimobi of All Progressives
Congress and Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala of
Labour Party had been governors and old.
“Two of them have cases in court with EFCC.
Folarin has none and he remains untainted.
He is young and neutral. Vote for him’’, he
said.
Sen. Lekan Balogun called for massive votes
for Jonathan, Folarin, Sen. Ayoade Adeseun,
and other candidates of the party.
He said, “we are going to beautify Oyo without
inflicting sufferings on the people of the
state.’’
The event attended by a mammoth crowd, was
attended Gen. Raji Rasaki, former Military
Administrator of Lagos and Ogun and Sen.
Hosea Agboola.
Others were Alhaji Yinka Taiwo, Chairman of
PDP in Oyo, Asimiyu Alarape, the Director-
General, Teslim Folarin Campaign
Organisation and a host of party supporters.
(NAN)
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