Kunle ADELABU
Members of the Arewa community in Ikorodu division have assured the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, and his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, of 100 percent support and votes in the Presidential election slated for Saturday, February 16, 2019.
They gave the assurance during the door-to-door campaign of Prof. Osinbajo to the Arewa community at Sabo in Ikorodu as part of his one-day visit to Ikorodu.
It was carnival of sought as hundreds of members of the community trooped out en masse to receive the number two man in the country with an intermittent deafening shout of ‘Sai Baba’ and ‘SOB’.
Speaking in vernacular English, Prof. Osinbajo asked the Hausas and Fulanis in Ikorodu to vote for the APC Presidential candidates for a better Nigeria.
“We must not allow those people scheming to return to power after the mess they have put our country into. This is the only way for us not to go backward.
“If we must move forward in Nigeria, our people must vote for Buhari who is going to further put our country on a path of development.
“We have enough resources in this country that we can use to make life better for you but bad governance and corruption which made few that ran the previous governments cornered our collective wealth has put us in the sorry position that we are in now.
“President Buhari is “Mai gaskiyah” (an honest) and he is going to make our country better”.
Also at the Sabo rally, Vice President Osinbajo presented Hon. Babajimi Benson as the APC candidate for the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and Hon. Sanai Agunbiade for the Ikorodu Constituency I State Assembly seat.
The two returning lawmakers, in their separate brief speeches, pleaded with the Arewa community to vote for President Buhari and all the APC candidates in the coming elections for good governance.
Meanwhile, a leader of the Arewa community while responding on behalf of other members, thanked the Vice President for the visit and pledged that they would deliver 100% votes for him and President Buhari.
“Arewa community shall give 100% votes to Buhari at the coming election”.
