#NigeriaDecides: Buhari takes campaign to South West, urges Nigerians to reject Atiku, PDP candidates

*As President drives across Ibadan streets in open-top big bus

According to Oshiomhole, who spoke interchangeably between English and Yoruba Languages, “In Yoruba land, respect is very important. We must respect elders. But there is an elder who lies in the morning, in the afternoon and in the night. Such an elder does not deserve any respect. He does not deserve our respect. Obasanjo who once said that the Presidential candidate of PDP is a thief is now saying that he has forgiven him. That is an insult.”

The Presidential Campaign of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) Saturday got to the former capital of defunct Western Region, Ibadan, which is now capital of Oyo State thereby making the state the first in the South West to host the President’s re-election seeking rally.

In Ibadan, the APC Presidential Candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari assured the people of the Yoruba Land that his administration is determined to ensure the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, other road networks and rail lines before the end of the year.

President Buhari made this promise at the Mapo Hall venue of the rally in the Ibadan, where he also presented the party’s governorship candidate for Oyo State, Chief Bayo Adelabu, to supporters after he had been presented the party’s flag by National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Addressing the huge crowd that graced the popular Mapo Hall venue to honour him, President Buhari equally promised that if elected for a second term, he would fix power as well as improve on the nation’s infrastructure for the nation to be conducive for its citizenry.

He however appealed that the people of the South West should take farming very seriously adding, “I have asked your governor to tell you to go back to the land. We need to farm so as to drive hunger out of our land. I am glad to tell you today that we have stopped the importation of rice because we are now producing enough to feed us”.

Earlier, Vice President Yemi Osibajo, SAN, urged Nigerians not to vote for corrupt people and political parties if they want the nation to continue to progress.

He said, “The enemies of Buhari know that Buhari is an honest man. That is the quality no one can take away from him. Now, if you vote for an honest person, the nation will make outstanding progress and development. We should not vote for those that will take us back to corruption or corrupt era. Do not vote for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, because it is a party of corrupt people”.

In the same direction, the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomole, urged the electorate not to pay attention to the former President of the nation, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, describing him as a liar personified.

According to Oshiomhole, who spoke interchangeably between English and Yoruba Languages, “In Yoruba land, respect is very important. We must respect elders. But there is an elder who lies in the morning, in the afternoon and in the night. Such an elder does not deserve any respect. He does not deserve our respect. Obasanjo who once said that the Presidential candidate of PDP is a thief is now saying that he has forgiven him. That is an insult. How can you forgive a person who has stolen national property? So, I beg you to vote against privatization and auctioning of national assets. Do not vote for someone who is only interested in enriching his friends and not you. Do not vote for somebody who wants to sell our national pride”.

“On February 16, 2019, call your father, call your mother, call your wives, call your husbands, call your children and everybody and ask them to vote for President Buhari and in the subsequent election, tell them to vote for our governorship candidate and other candidates standing for elections”.

The national Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu dispelled the insinuation that the party has perfected plans to rig in the forthcoming election.

He said, “Do not allow corrupt people to lie to you that we will rig election. We will not rig any election because there is no point to rig. We have people and you are our people. They do not have people. They do not have anybody that will vote for them. This is the reason why they are scared. On the election day, go out and vote for APC and monitor your vote to ensure that they count”.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State was absolutely sure that APC will win the forthcoming election at the federal and state level stressing that the election is already won because of the good things that the party has done.

He said, “Nobody can get the government from us. It is very clear that we will win the election. You are aware that our president, President Muhammadu Buhari moved Nigeria from low level to the next level. President Buhari met Nigeria in broken bricks and moved it to the next level and he is moving it to the marble level. The forthcoming election is between the progressives and retrogressives, between security and insecurity, between looting and saving, between nobility of character and the ignoble, between accountability and impunity, between light and darkness and between we are dead (Atiku) and we are not dead (aatiku). Today, we are lucky to know and see the president from 2015 to 2023”.

Others in attendance were governors from the region including Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, ministers including Minister of Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu, APC party chieftains at all levels, Director of Media, Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, members of National Assembly and state executive council.

Earlier Buhari was received at the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, Secretariat, Ibadan by traditional rulers in the state led by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi 111 and Oba Saliu Adetunji, Aje Ogunguluso 1.