Tens of thousands of Kwara residents waved ecstatically on the streets of Ilorin to usher in the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and other dignitaries to the state for the flag off of their campaign in the state.
The candidate, his running mate Kashim Shettima, and party chairman, Abdullahi Adamu arrived the city in company of several APC leaders.
They were received by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and a legion of APC candidates and leaders from across the state of harmony.
Security agencies struggled to clear the human traffic that heralded Asiwaju’s arrival to the state capital as he waived the broom and danced to the tunes of music crooned by supporters and admirers.
On the welcome train were the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the three senators from Kwara and their colleagues from Kogi and other parts of Nigeria, cabinet members, APC candidates, and hundreds of party stalwarts — many donning the Emilokan cap, others adorned with the insignia of his cap.
Accompanied by a motorcade that stretched a few kilometers, the double-decker Marco Polo bus conveying Tinubu and the dignitaries got locked in a suffocating human traffic formed by thousands of supporters and admirers who lined the streets to the Emir’s Palace from the Ilorin International Airport.
The candidate and the entourage then headed to the campaign ground where thousands of party supporters were waiting for speeches from the candidate and official handing over of flags to the candidates, including Governor AbdulRazaq who is running for second term in office.
They are expected to also pay traditional homage to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari in his Palace where the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and members of his
entourage would be received by first class monarchs in the state.
Lateefah Ibrahim
