APC women, youths mobilise for Buhari, Osinbajo in Southwest

Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, was practically locked down yesterday as female and youth members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gathered to mobilise for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Prof. YemiOsinbajo.

Women and youth groups from the six states of Oyo, Lagos, Ondo, Ogun, Ekiti and Osun stormed the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (formerly Liberty Stadium) in different customised APC uniforms to express their support and persuade others to join the second-term bid of the president and his deputy.

To the women, Buhari’s support for the various market groups with financial aids and social investment facilities, including Tradermoni, Marketmoni and N-Power as well as the administration’s other achievements in infrastructure, security and anti-corruption make their re-election deserving.

The delegates were led by the wives of the state governors, including EreluBisiFayemi (Ekiti), Mrs.BolanleAmbode (Lagos), Mrs.OlufunsoAmosun (Ogun), Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu (Ondo), Mrs.KafayatOyetola (Osun) and Mrs. Florence Ajimobi (Oyo), who doubles as the chief host and Southwest Zonal Coordinator of the group. Wives of the governors of Kebbi and Nassarawa were also in attendance alongside the national and zonal women leaders of the governing party.

To support the women, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, represented by a former deputy governor of Lagos State, Mr. Femi Pedro, Governors KayodeFayemi (Ekiti), GboyegaOyetola (Osun), AbiolaAjimobi (Oyo), former and serving deputy governors, Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole, among other party stalwarts, were also in attendance.