Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has said the ultimate deciders of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State are the people who will decide the electoral fortune of the candidates vying for the governorship seat.
Adeleke, the Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the Ondo State election, asked members of the party to move from house to house to woo the electorate to the side of the candidate of the party, Hon Agboola Ajayi.
Speaking during the inauguration of the state campaign council of the PDP Adeleke said the party is the only progressive party in the country. He said the winning template he used in Osun State had been given to Ajayi, and he would win if he followed it.
Although he said it is difficult to defeat an incumbent in Africa, especially Nigeria, he however said many incumbents have been defeated in the country including that of Osun State
His words “There should be no thuggery. We will base our campaign on issues. The people will decide. Go back to your constituencies and preach the gospel of PDP to the people.”
Adeleke said the PDP remains the only party in Nigeria that has been wiping away tears from the faces of the masses, while its rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC), is a party that operates like a cultist group with a retrogressive and parochial agenda.
He said the workings of the PDP government were opened to all and sundry in all the PDP States where the masses have always been the top priority of the government and stressed that the same thing would happen in Ondo State when PDP takes over Alagbaka as from Feb 2025.
His words ” Before we came to government, they said we can not perform in Osun State, go back to the State now, what APC can not achieve in 12 years, we have achieved under one and half years which shows that we are more progressive than any other Party in Nigeria”
Adeleke said he has implicit confidence that the Ondo State chapter of the PDP will triumph in the coming election. He restated his confidence in the ability, experience, and pedigree of Ajayi to perform as Governor.
His words, “All we need is commitment to our goal, pursue our goals selflessly, and victory shall be ours. I tell you Imole (light ) is here, and I am here to light my brother’s path to victory; I have told Governor Ayedatiwa that I am here in Ondo State to drive my party to victory and that Alagbaka is for PDP as from next year February.”
Ajayi, in his response, thanked the Chairman of the Campaign Council for coming over to take charge of the responsibility of leading the direction of the state Campaign Council.
He assured that Ondo PDP is determined more than ever before to take over Alagbaka from next year and that no stone would be left unturned to bring victory for the Party.
He thanked all members of the National Campaign Council for finding time to be of the essence at this period as we prepare to take over government in Ondo State.
Ajayi said he was unperturbed by the defection of some members of the party to rival APC. He said party leaders are necessary during the primary election of political parties. He said the buck stops at the table of the electorate once candidates have emerged.
