Ibadan Stands Still As APC Hoists Flag The city of Ibadan yesterday literally stood still for the newly registered All Progressive Congress (APC) as the erstwhile parties that made up the party lowered their flags to usher in the new party. The Mapo Hall venue of the rally was thronged by a crowd of party faithful from the three defunct parties and the ordinary folk, all dressed in T-shirts specially designed for the new party, holding brooms the symbol of APC. Party leaders, such as Chief Michael Adeniyi Koleoso, Dr. Omololu Olunloyo, Senator Ayo Adeseun, Chief Akin Oke, secretaries and executive members of defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) were also in attendance. All the major roads and streets, as well as all the adjoining streets leading to Mapo Hall, were jam-packed, with h heavy vehicular and human traffic. Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, while speaking at the rally, thanked party leaders and all the progressives, who came together to form APC, saying the birth of the party signified a red card for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigeria. He said the coming of APC also signified an end to poverty, corruption, violence and similar things, which he said the ruling PDP allegedly represented in the country. Ajomobi congratulated the people of Oyo State for their support and cooperation with his government, stressing that with the coming of APC, they should expect more development in the state. Governor Ajimobi urged members of the three merging parties to eschew rancour and bitterness but rather work together to ensure success for the new party in all future elections. Also speaking, Chief Koleoso, who was recently reported in the media to have had political issues with the governor, stressed the need for party members to ensure unity and harmony within the party and that they should give maximum support to the Ajimobi administration to ensure more dividends of democracy for the state. He said the people of the state had not made the mistake of voting for Ajimobi in 2011, given his brilliant performance and the all-round development of the state through massive infrastructural revolution and urban renewal programme. The Acting Chairman of the defunct CPC, Mr. Layi Okanlawon commended the idea behind the rally and said the APC would be a party to beat. Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, in an interview shortly after the rally said the nation would sooner or later embrace the APC and use it as the tool to sweep away the PDP.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 05:42:32 +0000
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