Monday, October 24, 2016
SDP will win Ondo Governorship poll - Agunloye
Dr. Olu Agunloye, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State has expressed optimism that the party would win convincingly in the forthcoming gubernatorial election of the state schedule for November 26 of this year.
Agunloye stated at the weekend when overwhelming top grassroots politicians from Ijare, in Ifedore Local Government Area rolled out drums and joined the party in support for the coming governorship election. He said apart from winning the governorship election, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) remains the ‘best alternative’ platform that could proffer solution to the present predicament and misfortunes of the people in the state.
According to him, the party would also be willing to provide an alternative option for politicians and their supporters who were frustrated in both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
Agunloye, who disclosed that his political aspiration to become the next governor of the “Sunshine State” was not based on regional sentiment said that he saw a beacon of hope in the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the forthcoming guber poll.
The former Minister of Power and Steel further assured that when elected his government would work together with the people to reap the dividends of democracy, noting that there would be an end to poverty.
“As you have come out today to identify with us, I promised not disappoint you. We shall do it together and reap the benefits together”, Agunloye said. He further affirmed that the leaders SDP were true progressives that would put the interest of the people first above other personal interest and solicited for more prayers from the people.
The State Secretary of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Mr. Wunmi Oladele, while welcoming the defectors said that it was a season of harvest of new members in the state. He assured the new decampees that their names would be inscribed into the superlist of members of the SDP ahead of the election.
He urged the new members to rally and garner both financial and political support for the party in preparation for the race to the Alagbaka government seat. “I want to implore you to start working and mobilising support for our party because in this coming November election our target is that SDP will have ninety eight percentage of votes” Oladele said.
One of the defectors, Prince Gbolahan Adefemi Judge, appreciated the leaders of the party for accepting them and promised to support the leaders in ensuing the party wins the election.
He added that the manifesto of the party, where it was stated that empowering the poor masses would be of utmost importance in the government of the SDP, made many of them to pitch their tent for the best alternative.
“We decided to join you today in order to take care of our poor masses and also to ensure that our abandoned women in the society, most especially the traders, among them are fully empowered.
“We can’t also wait to join the members and leaders of the SDP in riding the white horse to the Alagbaka government house which is the seat of power in the state come November 26th”, he said. A leader of the SDP in Ijare, Comrade Odunayo Oyebode, said that more people had been reaching out to the leaders of the ward executives in the community with a view of joining the party judging by the rising profile of Dr. Olu Agunloye among all the political aspirants.
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