Oyo South Senatorial District candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Abiola Ajimobi, has described Saturday as a day of reckoning for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to reap its 16 years of misrule.
He, therefore, urged APC leaders and supporters to remain steadfast and faithful to the course of the ruling party, by ensuring they come out in large numbers to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari, to consolidate on the gains of the past four years.
Addressing a stakeholders’ forum at the Western House, the party’s state secretariat, yesterday, the governor warned against complacency and said the desperation of the opposition to upset the applecart was unimaginable.
Ajimobi, who attended the National Executive Committee meeting of the APC in Abuja, on Monday, said the national leadership of the party had given the state executive committees the marching orders to go and re-energise the party’s campaigns.
The governor said the APC is at peace with itself at the national and state levels, judging by the huge turnout at its campaign rallies and the insistence of the electorate not to be swayed by the opposition’s empty rhetorics.
Ajimobi said: “The opposition had adopted all manners of subterfuge and empty rhetorics to mislead the people into supporting them without success. Our people have refused to buy into their deceits, hence, their desperation and provocative statements.
“I want to appeal to you not let off your guard for a moment, until victory is assured in all the elections. We should not be complacent, because the opposition is throwing everything into this election, as if the world will end when, mark my word I did not say if, they lose.
“This Saturday is a day of reckoning for the PDP for its 16 years of misrule. After ruining our economy and creating many loopholes and leakages that have pauperised the people and enriched their friends, they are now desperate to stage a comeback.
“The APC has invested in the people in the last four years at the national level, and eight years at our state level.
“Abandoned infrastructure and projects have been revived, with many at different stages of completion.
“Saturday is around the corner. All APC leaders and members should go back to their various units and wards to solicit the continued support of the people of Nigeria. That is the mandate from our meeting, on Monday, in Abuja.
“Be proud to be part of history, by playing your part in the impending victory of president Buhari and all APC candidates in the coming elections. I, once again, urge you to vote for me on Saturday to represent Oyo South in the Senate.”
Ajimobi said he had laboured in the past eight years to build a new Oyo State, which has become a pride of the citizens and the toast of investors and visitors, promising to attract more developments to the state if re-elected as senator.
Apart from ensuring peace across the state, the governor said his infrastructure revolution had given every community a sense of belonging and a fair share of the dividends of democracy.
He urged the stakeholders to go back to their communities and re-energise the APC campaign till midnight on Thursday.
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