By Adeyinka Adeniran
All Progressives Congress, stakeholders from Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola and Iwajowa federal constituency, Oke Ogun, Oyo State, have endorsed President Bola Tinubu, for a second term ahead of the 2027 general election.
The decision was taken on Tuesday at a meeting, presided over by the state leader of the APC and former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun at Ado Awaye, in Iseyin local government.
The party leaders also commended President Tinubu for the establishment of Federal University, Okeho, after many years of neglect of Oke Ogun by past federal administrations.
He said, “We are grateful to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the University, the first federal institution in the entire ten local governments in Oke Ogun.
“We have endorsed him for second term because his progressive stance in developing all parts of Nigeria, simultaneously, including Oke Ogun, a land that past governments have forgotten.”
They also commented the efforts of Professor Gbadegesin, Senator Fatai Buhari, and Barrister Ahmed Raji, for their contributions towards the establishment of Federal University, Okeho.
According to the leaders, President Tinubu deserved a re-election for, in less less than two years, having taken steps to offset foreign loans, stabilise the economy, strengthen the Naira, increase states and local governments allocations, curbed herders salvaging off farmlands, killing of farmers and raping of their female family members, as well as his war against kidnappings and insurgency.
The APC chieftains however, appealed to saboteurs and sponsors of insurgencies to consider the overall interests of Nigeria as a sovereign nation and allow President Tinubu to perform.
It also commended the spate of mass defection of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters to the APC in the ten local governments of Oke Ogun, in recognition of President Tinubu’s performance.
Meanwhile, the APC chieftains urged all Nigerians to support President Tinubu for the second term and vowed to take the campaign for President Tinubu’s re-election to a larger meeting of the party, scheduled for Igboho in Oke Ogun on June 30 this year.
The meeting, which will also be preceded by the former Deputy Governor, Chief Iyiola Oladokun is to be attended by stakeholders from the 10 local governments in Oke Ogun., including; party chairmen and secretaries, women leaders, youth leaders, serving and former federal and state lawmakers, pasts Chief of Staff, heads ofservice, Commissioners, Chairmen of boards parastatals, past and present APC officers and past local government chairmen and secretaries.
