Ibadan North Byelection: Fear Grips PDP As APC Names ‘Murphy’ Flagbearer • My Co-Aspirants! Let’s Do It Together – Olatunji
This newspaper can authoritatively report that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has nominated a grassroots politician and pro-people thinker, Honourable Olawale Olatunji, popularly known as Murphy, as its standard-bearer in the forthcoming August 16 byelection of the Ibadan North Federal Constituency.
According to a credible source within the party, APC, the ruling party at the federal level, has forwarded Murphy’s name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as its flag bearer in the electoral district.
In a brief interview following his nomination, Olatunji maintained that APC is a great party that parades galaxies of stars and several political assets. He lauded his co-aspirants as great men and women of valour and gallantry who are equally qualified to represent the party at the poll. He sought their immense support and promised inclusive leadership.
Hon. Murphy acknowledged the qualifications of his fellow aspirants and called for their support, stating,”My fellow aspirants! I hold you in high esteem, and let’s do it together. I vow to make you proud, and I humbly solicit your support.
Olatunji continued, addressing party leaders and constituents,”To my party leaders, members of our great party, APC, and my fellow constituents of Ibadan North Federal Constituency! Thanks for nominating me as our party’s standard-bearer in the forthcoming August 16 by-election. The first step has been taken, and let’s take the second step together and record a landslide victory today. With your immense support and our collective efforts, we’ll definitely beat the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and other parties hands down and retain the seat.
“This my speech will not be completed without remembering and paying tribute to my close ally and good brother, the late Prince Olaide Akinremi Jagaban. He was a great man. He came, he saw, and he conquered as a progressive politician, federal lawmaker, and servant leader. May Allah continue to repose his soul in Al-Janat Firdausi and bless everything he left behind.
“My good people! Let’s collectively honour Jagaban, even, in death, and progressively retain the Ibadan North Federal Constituency seat by electing me as your representative come August 16, and let’s jointly reposition our electoral district. Thank you all, Sirs and Mas”. Olatunji submitted.
