The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Osun governorship election, Ademola Adeleke, has explained why he was absent at the 2018 Osun governorship debate which held in Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday.
Adeleke was one of the five candidates picked and invited for the debate. Others were; the All Progressive Congress candidate, Gboyega Oyetola; ADP candidate, Moshood Adeoti, ADC candidate, Fatai Akinbade and SDP candidate, Iyiola Omisore.
He said they (community) had been marginalised all these years and that there had not been developments in their area.
Speaking to newsmen on the phone on Sunday night, the publicity director of the Adeleke campaign organisation, Olawale Rasheed, said while they were on their way to Osogbo, a community where they had gone to campaign blocked the highway.
“To our surprise, while we tried to skip the small towns and villages, they started trooping on the road. As I am talking to you now, we are just entering Osogbo,†Rasheed explained.
“We did same at Ikirun, trying to avoid some villages, they insisted they wanted to hear Adeleke speak to them.
“The last village that we attended at Ife East, they were complaining that they had had no light for years, they trooped to the road and blocked our path and this was around 7.30 p.m.
“What we did was to send a message to a correspondent of Channels, and later I sent a message to Seun Okinbaloye (Channels presenter). We are just entering Osogbo now as I speak to you.
“However, It is not that we are intent on not attending, no. We also need to reach the voters and need their votes. And when they block the road and they say you can’t go, what do you do?â€
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