- Osun state governor, Isiaka Oyetola, has promised to bring back all former members of APC to the party ahead of 2019 elections
- Some aggrieved members including former SSG, Moshood Adeoti, defected to other parties shortly before the conduct of governorship election which held on Saturday, September 22
- Oyetola said that he would ensure that all former members are brought back to APC to vote for President Muhammadu Buhari and other candidates of the party in 2019
Governor Isiaka Gboyega Oyetola of Osun state, has promised to work towards bringing all those that defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before Saturday, September 22, governorship election to other parties back into the fold of the party.
The Independent reports that Oyetola who gave the promise at weekend during the annual Iwude cultural festival held in Ilesa, said that he would ensure that “all of them are brought back into the party.”
Legit.ng gathered that the governor who assured to run an all-inclusive administration also called on the people of the state to vote for APC candidates in the February 16 and March 2, 2019 general elections to complement his election.
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He explained that all ongoing infrastructural projects across the state especially the Ilesa water project would be completed by his administration.
Oyetola, who was the chief guest of honour at the event, promised that work would continue non-stop in the Ilesa water project and the roads under construction.
He told the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran and others: “I’m your son. All of us are your sons and daughters. Work will not stop in our projects.”
Oyetola prayed for long life for Owa Obokun of Ijesa land, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran.
While responding, the monarch prayed for a successful tenure for the governor and urged him to transform the Osun state college of education to a university.
Oba Aromolaran expressed happiness that the Wesley Guild Hospital in Ilesa would soon become a Federal Medical Centre.
He urged governments at all levels to take job creation seriously so that the teeming youths would have where to work.
The immediate past governor of the state, Rauf Aregbesola, an Indigene of Ilesa, who was warmly received at the event, promised to remain committed to the service of the people.
He also urged them to vote for APC candidates from President Muhammadu Buhari to other candidates of the party during the next general elections.
The event which witnessed cultural display, music and dance, was attended by deputy governor Benedict Alabi, House of assembly speaker Najeem Salaam, Head of Service, Oyebade Olowogboyega, Lagos west senator, Olamilekan Adeola, state APC chairman, Gboyega Famodun led some party leaders, among others.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Governor Gboyega Isiaka Oyetola of Osun state ordered local government councils in the state to forward the list of deplorable roads that need urgent rehabilitation to Osogbo, the state capital, for repairs.
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