Oyo: Mammoth crowd as Accord governorship candidate, Adelabu flags off campaign in grand style

*As residents, traders, groups pledge support

Thousands of residents of Oyo State on Wednesday throngedout to show their solidarity and support for the governorship ambition of Accord Party candidate, Oloye Adebayo Adelabupopularly called Penkelemesi.

Traders, market men and women, trade groups, artisans, community leaders, traditional leaders among others also pledged their commitment and support for the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

In their separate remarks at the flag off of the governorship campaign of Oloye Adelabu, the leaders expressed willingness and readiness to allow the Accord Party candidate the chance to implement his laudable visions and missions for good of the state.

The carnival like event which held at the Town hall (SounOgunlola hall), Oja’agbo, Ogbomoso was attended by the National and State leadership of the party, all candidates for all elective positions for the February 25th and March 11th National Assembly and State elections.

Addressing the crowd, Adelabu said the forthcoming elections will afford the people of the state an opportunity to right all the wrongs, misrule, maladministration of the current government under Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He accused the Makinde administration of running out of ideas that can transform the state, saying the government has resolved to copying some of his ideas (Adelabu) on how he planned to transform the State.

He added that under Makinde’s watch, the state of education has become worse, noting that all semblance of improvement and achievements made by previous administrations in the State has been rubbished by the PDP government.

He appealed to the people to show their commitment to a new Oyo State by voting in the Accord Party in the forthcoming elections.

He added that the party believes in the capacity and capabilities of women which was why he opted for a woman as his running mate, noting that his deputy will not just be a “spare tyre” as many would call it.

Speaking earlier, the National Chairman of the Accord Party, Alhaji Mohammad Nalado commended the people for coming out in large numbers to show love and support to the party’scandidates in the forthcoming elections, particularly Adelabu.

He said the party which believes in equity, fairness and oneness has a female as its National Secretary and even allowed the first female deputy governorship candidate for Oyo State.

He urged the people to, through their votes, support Adelabuand his running mate, Prof (Mrs) Abiodun Ayandele to bring about the transformation of the state as well as give support to all other ccandidates of the party for the National and State Assembly elections.

In their separate remarks, the three Senatorial candidates of the party Kolapo Kola-Daisi (Oyo South), Shina Peller (Oyo North) and Nurudeen Faozey (Oyo Central) pledged to work together to support the state and bring out youth-oriented, women-friendly programmes for the Oyo State.