BY MAYOWA SAMUEL
Some House of Assembly candidates under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Osun State have announced preparations to hold a mega rally for the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The candidates have also commenced house-to-house campaigns to canvass votes for Tinubu, who they described as the harbinger of hope for Nigerians.
This is as part of efforts to actualise the ambition of the APC presidential candidate to become the president of Nigeria in the 2023 general election.
Four National Assembly candidates of the NNPP had dumped their presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in September to drum up support for Tinubu.
However, out of many reasons given then, was their dissatisfaction with the leadership of the party at the national level, coupled with the inability of the party stakeholders to work in accordance with the principle of justice, law and democratic running of the party.
Speaking on behalf of the party’s House of Assembly candidates in Osogbo, Afolabi Muideen Abayomi said they have since realised that the party’s present structure in Osun State lacks vision of a new Nigeria aspired by the citizens.
Abayomi stated that there was no preparation whatsoever in selling their presidential, National Assembly and House of Assembly candidates to the people of the state in less than two months to the general election.
According to him, during their house-to-house campaign, it was discovered that Osun people are so determined to have Tinubu as their president, and canvassing for any other candidates may be an effort in futility, hence, their decision to stick with Tinubu.
He, however, said in collaboration with other National Assembly candidates who earlier dumped Kwankwaso, nine Assembly candidates are set to organise a mega rally for Tinubu, where masses of the state would be convinced on why they should support the APC candidate.
Both the national and state assembly candidates eulogised the Secretary, Tinubu/Shetimma Presidential Campaign Council, James Abiodun Faleke, for always giving them listening ears and for embracing them having discovered their ability to deliver the state for Tinubu.
