Kunle ADELABU
Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikorodu are not leaving anything to chance regarding the coming general elections as the party continued its mobilization of the electorate towards gathering their votes for all its candidates.
Aside selling its candidates to the voters, the party also used the rally, which was embarked upon on Tuesday and Wednesday, to sensitize voters on how to appropriately cast their votes.
On Tuesday, the rally covered Ward B, C, D, E and F in Ikorodu Local Government while the campaign train moved to Ward A and God on Wednesday to cover the entire seven wards in Ikorodu. D
The rally took off from the the party’s Secretariat in Ikorodu located within the premises of the Adeniran Ogunsanya’s house on Obafemi Awolowo Way, Oke Ota-Ona, Ikorodu, as hundreds of party members marched through Awolowo way, Ayanra, Olowo Busobuso, Itunpate, Alhaji street, Itunmoja, Ladega, Ojubode, Etunrenren road, Banjoko, Suberu Ogunsanya Street to connect Ayangbure road from where they linked Ojogbe, Oriwu road, Ita Elewa, Ireshe road, Aga road, Ayanra street, Oluwakemi street, Adaraloye street back to Ireshe road, Odugaye street, Otambala, Ita Elewa, Ajina market, Obun Ale market before heading back to Oriwu road, Ota Ona, Awolowo way and the party’s Secretariat where the rally was terminated.
Alhaji Taiwo Longe, the APC Chairman in Ikorodu, while speaking with THE IMPACT , stated that the rally was meant to complement the party’s campaign which kicked off two weeks ago.
“We are here to complement our campaign. We have been doing house-to-house campaign since the last two weeks, so, with only few days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, we decided at the leadership meeting to embark on motorcade rally within the community to complement all that we have been doing.
“We are sensitizing and creating awareness for our party, candidates and the elections and also telling the people how the elections would go on Saturday”.
He added that the rally was aimed at educating electorate on how to vote and made their votes counts.
“One of the motives of the rally is to sensitise the people. We normally use the thump to vote before but now, the number of political parties are many and columns allocated to on the ballot paper are small. So, what we are telling the Electorate is that they should use their index finger instead of the thump to thumbprint.
“They are also expected to blow the ink immediately they drop it on the ballot paper and fold the paper before putting it in the ballot box. They should not use the hand they used to thumbprint to fold or drop the ballot paper in the ballot box”.
Member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Babajimi Benson, who is seeking re-election, was also part of the rally. He stated that the continuous campaign by his party is to ensure that APC records more votes in the coming elections .
He added that it was necessary they continue with the campaign because “it is not over until it is over”.
“When I was a young boy, I used to listen to the late sage, Obafemi Awolwo and one of his sayings is that “it is not over until it is over”. We still have Tuesday to Thursday to campaign and our plan is to shatter records and break glasses. We want our result from this division to be the biggest in Lagos State so as to claim our pride of place in Lagos State.
“Remember that when Ikorodu sneezes in the days of yore, the entire Lagos would catch cold. We are trying to reinvent and bring back those glorious days, so, we need to campaign, get more energized and get our people to vote APC all the way. That is why we are out on the street sweating to ensure that APC wins the elections.
Alhaja Funmi Basorun, the Coordinator of the President Buhari re-election team in Ikorodu Local Government, stated that the rally was designed to cover all the seven wards in Ikorodu Local Government, interact with voters and educate them on how to vote during the elections.
She added that the rally was also meant to mobilise people to vote for all the APC candidates including President Buhari , Hon. Sikiru Osinbajo, Hon. Babajimi Benson, Mr Babajide Sanwoolu, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade and Hon. Nurudeen Solaja for the President, Senate, House of Representatives, Governorship and House of Assembly seat respectively.
Chieftains of the party and groups like President Buhari/Vice President Osinbajo Re-election team, Sanwoolu Campaign team, Pepperito team, iCare Movement, Onward Movement of Nigeria, WADESH group, and Team SOB 2019 among others partook in the rally.
