- Southwest governors, ministers set to receive Tinubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has reiterated that today’s (Thursday) presidential rally in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to canvass support for the party’s candidate in next week’s presidential election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima will hold as scheduled.
The campaign rally was initially scheduled to take place on January 9 but it was shifted to February 7 and subsequently postponed again due to pockets of protests across the state.
It was thereafter fixed for February 16 at Mapo Hall, Ibadan.
The chairman of the Presidential and Governorship Campaign Council in Oyo State, Dr Isiaka Kolawole confirmed the development in a statement yesterday. He said every necessary arrangement for the rally has been concluded with the venue ready and stage set.
Kolawole attributed the protest in the capital to the nefarious activities of hoodlums being sponsored by the state government and its agents to cause strife and ensure that the rally does not work. He said: “The presidential rally of our party, which is scheduled to hold tomorrow (today, February 16) at Mapo Hall will hold as planned.”
The chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Oyo, Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan said all Southwest governors elected on the platform of the APC, former governors, as well as ministers are expected to grace the rally in honour of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. They will be joined by their counterparts from other parts of the country, including Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Nasir El- Rufai (Kaduna); Hope Uzodinma (Imo); Abdullahi Sule (Nassarawa); Sanni Bello (Niger) and others.