Oke accuses opponents of destroying AD’s billboards
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| Chief Olusola Oke |
The candidate, who spoke through his media aide, Rotimi Ogunleye, sad yesterday that the situation has created fear among his supporters.
He urged the security agencies to urgently address the issue so that the atmosphere for peaceful polls is not threatened.
According to him, the billboards, which cost the Oke Campaign Organisation so much to erect, are being destroyed on a daily basis.
He added that the AD supporters involved in pasting his posters are also sometimes “physically attacked by political hoodlums.”
Oke said: “The call on the security agencies became necessary because there is a limit to which his supporters can be pushed to the wall.”
He described the destruction as deplorable because his campaign organisation had “paid over one million naira,” to the Ondo State Signage Agency as required by law.
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He explained: “Last week, our billboards on Ibule junction on the Akure-Ilesa road were defaced by some unknown characters. The same was done to the ones at Road Block, at the entrance to Akure, the state capital.
“However, the one on Oke Aro area of Akure was pulled down by people suspected to be officials of the signage agency, on the ground that it was too close to that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate.”
The candidate disclosed that one Adewale Akinleye, a youth volunteer, was beaten by thugs belonging to a rival party at Oluwatuyi quarters for campaigning for the AD.
He said his party had reported the matter to the police with the necessary evidence to assist in their investigation.
The candidate added that he has been informed of similar destruction across the state, citing Owo and Ipele as some of the places.
He appealed to his supporters not to be provoked, saying, “they want to create confusion, but we must behave like mature people and be prepared to push them out with our votes.”
PDP thugs attacking Oke’s supporters – AD
Few weeks to the governorship election in Ondo State, the Alliance for Democracy has accused the ruling Peoples Democratic Party of using thugs to disrupt the campaign and distract its candidate, Chief Olusola Oke.
The party appealed to the state police command and other security agencies in the state to be proactive in the protection of their members before and during the governorship election, coming up on November 26, 2016.
The Director-General of the Olusola Oke/Gani Dauda Campaign Organisation, Mr. Bola Ilori, made the allegation in a statement issued on Thursday.
Ilori said the AD was a fast-growing political party in the country both in members and structure, saying it was certain that the AD would defeat both the ruling party and the All Progressives Congress in the governorship election. He said that was the reason for the distraction.
However, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Banji Okunomo, denied the allegation.
He said the PDP was a peace-loving party which did not involve in any act of violence.
He said the AD was an extension of the APC which was seeking relevance in the media by allegedly raising frivolous allegation.
Oke pledges to eradicate poverty if elected
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| Chief Olusola Oke |
He made the promise at the weekend while inaugurating his campaign team in Akure.
The Chairman, Media and Publicity of Olusola Oke-Ganny Dauda Campaign Organisation, Bisi Kolawole, described the AD as a movement that is committed to forming the next government.
Oke, who said the people have no reason to suffer lack, decried what he called “the abject poverty pervading the state despite its abundant natural resources.”
He said: “The poverty in the midst of plenty and the glaring ineptitude of those in power is unacceptable. We want to change it by bringing a new order and vision to make our people happy.
“We would revamp the economy and make the traditional rulers and the people the cornerstone of our programme. The youths would be empowered to benefit from the abundant resources that abound in the state.”
He urged his campaign team, headed by Mr. Bola Ilori, to brace up for the task ahead by eschewing infighting and bickering in the drive to “the New Ondo vision.”
Meanwhile, two of the party’s supporters alleged at the weekend that they were attacked in Owo local council while pasting the candidate’s posters.
Narrating his ordeal, one of the victims confirmed the attack at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, where he was admitted.
He said: “The attackers disembarked from their buses and attacked me with machetes before taking me to the compound of one Aketi. When I fainted, they took me to a burial ground and dumped me there. It was a commercial motorcyclist who took me to the hospital.”
Another victim, who said he was stabbed in the head and right shoulder, explained that he was attacked because he defected from another political party.
Oke vows to revamp Ondo economy, says ‘I will replace visionless with vision, hopelessness with hope
The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, at the weekend, decried the abject poverty pervading the state despite its abundant natural resources, vowing to turn around the fortunes of the state when he assumes office as governor in February, 2017.
Oke, who gave this assurance while inaugurating his Campaign Team in Akure, assured the people that he has put in place a well thought-out programme that he would employ to revamp the economy of the state and make the people the cornerstone of his administration when he is sworn-in.
According to a statement by the Chairman, Media and Publicity of the Olusola Oke /Ganny Dauda Campaign Organisation, Mr Bisi Kolawole, the governorship hopeful, who described the AD as a movement resolute to form the next government after its victory at the November 26, 2016 election, said it was inexplicable with what God has endowed the state with that the people still wallow in abject poverty, deprivation and want.
His words: “This poverty in the midst of plenty and the glaring ineptitude of those in power is unacceptable. We want to change this, we want to bring in a new order, we want to bring in a new vision, we want to make our people happy and bring joy into the lives of all and sundry in Ondo State. We will revamp our economy, we will make our traditional rulers happy, make our people the cornerstone of our programme and empower our youths to benefit from the abundant resources that abound in Ondo State.”
While charging the 700-man Olusola Oke/Ganny Dauda Campaign Committee which has Mr Bola Ilori as its Director-General to brace up for the task ahead by being focused and eschew infighting and bickering, Oke urged them to be real change agents in their actions and commitment to what he termed :The New Ondo Vision.
“So, go out there to the nooks and crannies of Ondo State and preach the gospel of a New Ondo State, a place where the good of the people shall be the cornerstone of governance.
“What we bring to our people is hope. We shall, by the grace of God, replace visionless with vision; hopelessness with hope, want and deprivation with abundance. We are confident of winning and we shall be the instruments God wants to use to bring about the change for a new Ondo State,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the AD Flagbearer disclosed that his campaign would kick off at Ondo East Local Government area of the state on Monday to meet with the people and intimate them with his programmes of action to take the state back on track.
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