The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the 2023 election and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described Ekiti election as the litmus test for the next year presidential election, appealing to the people of the state not to let the party down.
Asiwaju then joked with the electorate in Ekiti State that they will not get paid if they do not vote.
Tinubu, who was in Ekiti State on Tuesday said this at an APC rally while campaigning for the party’s governorship candidate, Biodun Oyebanji ahead of the election slated for Saturday, June 18, 2022.
Tinubu also claimed that he has never failed in an election before. “I’ve never failed an election before,” he said.
While speaking in Yoruba, APC national leader said, “To ba t’eka, o le te owo” meaning, “if you don’t vote, you can’t receive/take money.”
He said the party cannot afford to lose the state, the more reason all the warring parties within the party must bury their hatchets and come together to ensure victory for the party’s candidate in the Saturday’s election.
Tinubu also said the “Peoples Democratic Party is a poverty development party,” urging the people of the state to vote for the APC in the state and in the 2023 presidential election.
Tinubu was in Ekiti in company of 14 APC governors for the grand finale political rally, for the governorship candidate of the party in the June 18 poll, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji.
Present with Asiwaju Tinubu at the campaign were, former Osun State Governor and first Interim National Chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande and the current National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, present at the occasion are Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, Gboyega Oyetola of Osun ,Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna, Abdurasaq Abdurahman of Kwara and Inua Yahaya of Gombe.
Others are: Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Solomon Lalong of Plateau, Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Babagaba Zulum of Borno State and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos.
Before a mammoth crowd converged at Ekiti Parapo Pavilion where the campaign took place, Asiwaju said, “That is why I want you to vote for ‘Emilokan of Ekiti’, Biodun Oyebanji. This is our first test after my emergence, don’t let us fail. don’t let us disapoint President Buhari. We must put Nigeria on the path of progress and you will never regret voting for APC in this election”.
Chief Akande then pleaded for unity within the party, that they should “Please, whoever we have offended should please forgive us in the interest of our party and all of us. APC is a party that we can trust. Yoruba and Ekiti in particular belongs to the progressive and we must display this election”.
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