As candidates and political parties prepare for the last days before Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state has said game no longer two horse race as speculated boasting that its guber candidate, governor Seyi Makinde would convincingly clear the votes of nothing less than 29 Local governments landslide.
The Publicity Secretary of PDP in Oyo state, Akeem Olatunji disclosed this in a press statement on Wednesday morning in Ibadan urging the Senator Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to brace up and not delay to congratulate governor Makinde upon his declaration as the winner and governor-elect.
Olatunji premised this disclosure on the trust and confidence reposed in Makinde by other stronger and more popular governorship candidates of other political parties who who have adopted and endorsed the incumbent governor for his second term bid.
The party’s Spokesman maintained that it was already game over for any opposition still racing against Makinde because it was evidently clear that the people of Oyo state are resolved to sustain the accelerated development agenda of Omituntun 2.0 under the leadership of governor Makinde.
The ruling party commended the conscious political awakening of the people against false propaganda by architects and masters of lies as reputable by APC in the state stressing that such awakening has redefined the state’s political landscape with ‘chills’ sent down the spines of politicians who thought they could just fabricate barefaced lies to win elections.
While appealing to the people of Oyo state not to allow doomsday politicians and their agents to create palpable fear and apprehension that may culminate in voter apathy on Saturday, the ruling PDP urged the people of Oyo state to boldly come out enmass and reelect their brother, father, and friend; governor Seyi Makinde for another term in other for him to complete the excellent job he is doing.
According to Olatunji, every single vote for the APC and Teslim Oloye Teslim Kolawole Folarin would be a vote to return Oyo state back to the dark era of excuses for failure in governance, delayed salaries for workers, pensioners and retirees, unspeakable hardship on traders and artisans whose commercial activities have recorded steady and consistent boom since 2019 till date.
He added that Makinde has shown the needed political will, capacity and integrity by achieving unprecedented success where APC failed woefully and told brazen lies and excuses for their failure one of which was the sole ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), which the APC in the state saw nothing good in.
He added that while other illustrious sons and notable individuals, such as Chief Niyi Akintola SAN, Dr Azeez Adeduntan , Barrister Michael Lana and others commended Makinde for his giant stride in the state educational sector, Folarin and his APC has faulted same describing Oyo’s sole ownership as misplaced priority.
Olatunji stated that Folarin could not also hide his lack of economic foresight by criticizing new bus terminals built across the state for ease of transportation and security of passengers as applicable in other smart cities of the world when he in similar vein again, described the bus terminals as misplaced priority and would rather shut them down to think of what other use to deploy them for.
Olatunji maintained that Folarin from his disposition to governance and approach to public office remains the greatest political risk presenting itself before the people of Oyo state urging electorates to become wary of Folarin’s endless lies and deceptions as he (Folarin) practically epitomizes A-All P-Promises C-Cancelled (APC) stressing that Makinde remains the only tested and trusted hands at this material period of election.
“As we approach the last days of this electioneering period, we believe there was need to remind our people of the options before them as we go into Saturday’s election. One is that of sustainable accelerated development agenda which governor Seyi Makinde represents and the return of Oyo state back to our dark era where civil servants are owed their rightful salaries at the end of the month, non payment of pensions and gratuities to pensioners and retirees, retrogressive economy and more that characterized 2011–2019 which Folarin represents.
“It is a choice between marching forward to the modern Oyo state of our dreams under the leadership of Governor Makinde or return back to the dark days of avoidable deaths of pensioners and anguish of civil servants at both state and local government levels.
“We therefore, appeal to our people to think of their children, think of the kind of society you want them to grow in, think about the abundant life that awaits them if Governor Seyi Makinde is allowed to finish the accelerated development agenda for a modern Oyo state which he already started, think about qualitative education at all levels under a conducive learning environment for your children, choose right without any ill-conceived sentiments, choose Makinde and vote PDP on Saturday.
“Makinde is known and reputable as a promise keeper, he has done it before, he will do it again because he has been tested and trustedà therefore, let us come together as a people on Saturday to vote for marching forward and say no to Folarin and his APC as they have shown in their entire campaign that they have absolutely nothing to offer other than to return to the Agodi Government House as government to loot the State treasury.” Olatunji said.
