Accord party governorship candidate in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, has blamed the continuous hardship that Nigerians have faced in the last few weeks squarely on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking in the aftermath of the violence that erupted in some parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday, Adelabu urged the people to maintain peace, saying that the current hardship has an expiry date of March 11, 2023, when the governorship election takes place.
While charging the people of Oyo State to eschew what he called ‘evil’, as epitomised by the two parties – PDP and APC, the Accord governorship candidate noted that it is clear that the two parties represent hardship and suffering, saying Oyo State had not had it so bad since the PDP administration took over governance.
He said: “The state capital, Ibadan is now returning to the old appellation of a dirty city. We had thought that with the solid waste disposal plan that the present administration met on ground, they would continue with it, unfortunately, this has not been the case. The road median has become a dumping ground for refuse. We pray that this does not result in cholera.”
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A statement from the Bayo Adelabu Campaign Organisation (BACO) stated that the Seyi Makinde-led administration had shown that it is bereft of ideas and had continued to resort to copying the ideas of the Accord governorship candidate.
BACO recalled that the idea of street lights for the state and CCTV in strategic areas of the state, conceptualised by Adelabu when he was Chairman of the Oyo State Security Trust Fund had been appropriated by the Makinde administration.
“Because the idea was not original to the PDP government, it was poorly executed, with the use of diesel to power the street lights, thus calling into question the engineering qualification of the governor. Any wonder that most of the streets remain in darkness due to the inability to power the street lights.
“In another of the ‘copy copy’ that has characterised the administration, Chief Adelabu suspended his campaign in empathy with the hardship that the people are facing over the new naira scarcity and the frustration occasioned by the high cost of fuel, Governor Makinde was quick to follow suit,” the statement revealed.
BACO asserted that as much as it was not against thinking for the Seyi Makinde administration, Oyo State cannot go through another four years of the administration.
Accord party is the best option
Similarly, BACO noted that the APC was not an option for the people of Oyo State as an APC administration would return the state to the era of brigandage, arson and insecurity.
The organisation urged the people of Oyo State to reject the two parties who had become an albatross on their neck, asserting that Accord is the only party that could take the people to the promised land as Adelabu had shown in his actions that he had the love of the people at heart.
“His businesses have employed more than 3000 people in the state and he has never owed staff salary. He did this when he was not even thinking about contesting for any elective position, he will definitely do more as Governor. He has clearly shown his love for the people. The same cannot be said of the candidate of the APC or even Governor Makinde,” BACO said in the statement.
Emmanuel Ukoh
