From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has restated that it is the turn of Yoruba to produce the president of the country, saying “this election is yours. It is the election of goodness. You will use it to liberate yourselves.”
This was as he alleged that the fuel crisis and re-design of the Naira was to create an atmosphere of instability, postpone the February 25 election and impose interim government. Tinubu, who made the remarks in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Friday, during the mega campaign rally of the APC, advised the people of the state to reject any form of slavery and go out to the polls en masse to vote, assuring of a better Nigeria if elected as the president. The APC Presidential candidate who stressed that the forthcoming election is not about him said: “I am not looking for what to eat. I am already a self made man.”
He said,” Yoruba, Yoruba, whose turn is it? Relax, this election is yours. It is the election of goodness. You will use it to liberate yourselves. They want to turn us to slaves. We are not slaves. They locked up money. Trek to your poling units, vote and stay with your votes.
“I use God to beg you, this matter is not fight, don’t fight them. Those who locked up your money will eventually unlock it. They are doing it to get you angry, so that you can become violent. The rat that eats poison will kill itself. They are not as wise as we are .” He urged voters who have not collected their Permanent Voter Cards ( PVCs) to do so immediately, adding that “they want to hoard it and not give you. Don’t allow them to do so.”
Speaking at the rally, the Governor of the state, Mr Abiodun Oyebanji said that the party needed little or no campaign for Tinubu, adding that, the people of the state would reward him with their votes because of his good deeds.
Similarly, the Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, Opeyemi Bamidele, expressed confidence that Ekiti electorate would vote massively for Tinubu based on his unmatched track records in governance.