Ekiti 2018: Atiku, Secondus Lead PDP Governors To Olusola’s Mega Rally
Former Vice President Abubakar Atiku and the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Prince Uche Secondus on Thursday said the party was out to end the challenges rocking the country, urging Ekiti people to vote right and elect its candidate in the July 14 governorship election.
Declaring the determination of the party to wrest power from the Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, starting with Ekiti poll, they urged Ekiti electorate to support the party in making the mission possible.
The PDP national leaders alongside serving and former governors on the platform of the party who spoke on Thursday at the mega rally in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State held to rally support for the party’s governorship candidate, Professor Kolapo Olusola, ahead of the election.
Atiku said, “I have known Ekiti since 1992 and between then and now every project in this state was built by PDP and it is time to make sure that PDP continues.
“People must ensure that PDP continues in power because continuity is the key to development. The PDP is on rescue mission to this country.
“We will bring back security, we will revamp our economy, PDP will restore good governance in Nigeria. Please stay until your votes are counted.”
Speaking in the same vein, Secondus said: “The PDP is rebranded and repositioned; we are here to rescue Nigeria from insecurity, from collapse and from hardship Nigerians are presently going through under the APC government.
“Many Nigerians are being killed in Taraba, Benue and Plateau States. How many of our people will you kill? APC and its people are not God.
“We refuse to be intimidated, it is their style to intimidate. Thus country is experiencing civil war because of killing and Buhari is behind it, APC is behind it, PDP will take over.
“They have the plan to arrest our people, our members but we will not be intimidated. The APC is broken already, the broom has scattered. We have the best candidate for this election and he will take over from Fayose to continue the development of this state.”
Professor Olusola and his running mate, Deji Ogunsakin were officially presented with the party’s flag by the PDP National Chairman at a rally held at Ojumose area of Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
Also speaking, Governor Ayodele Fayose accused the APC of plotting to the rig the governorship poll said the people of the state are ready to resist any attempt to manipulate the poll.
He alleged that the intimidation ahead of the election had started with the alleged closure of the Akure Airport to prevent governors and other party leaders from attending the rally.
Fayose said: “INEC, we know your plan that you want to rig for APC, we will follow you bumper-to-bumper. We know your preloaded agenda, how you are planning to release ballot papers to APC.
“We knew what you did in Kogi, we knew what you did in Ondo, we know your plan. Whether APC resort to violence or not, Kolapo Olusola will be declared governor-elect of Ekiti State, Nigeria.’’
