The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State for the 2027 election, Yemi Sowunmi-Kolapo, has said the politics of throwing money around will only drain the spender rather than suppress the will of the state\u2019s indigenes and residents.\n<\/p>\n
Sowunmi-Kolapo, who is the Iya Sunnah of Egbaland, said her experience during the ward-to-ward tour embarked upon by the PDP had shown that no amount of money could buy the conscience of Ogun voters.\n<\/p>\n
She spoke on Thursday while addressing a crowd of supporters who had gathered to welcome her during a condolence visit to a bereaved party supporter, Alhaja Kuburat Sowunmi, in Ijemo, Abeokuta.\n<\/p>\n
The deputy governorship candidate said that despite what she described as propaganda by the ruling party over the exclusion of names by the Independent National Electoral Commission, which she said had \u201cunwittingly turned itself into an opposition party struggling to claim power\u201d, the PDP had continued to attract thousands of defectors from the All Progressives Congress.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis shows nothing other than the fact that indigenes of the state will speak loudly with their votes in the coming polls.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cLadi Adebutu is the next governor of Ogun State. Let them continue spending. Senator Iyabo Obasanjo is also going back to the Senate. Omo Owo, Toyin Amuzu, Dele Olaleye and all our candidates will emerge victorious,\u201d she declared.\n<\/p>\n
She added, \u201cI am sure, with time, true sons and daughters of Ogun State, who are only on the other side to line their stomachs, will realign, sooner than later, in the interest of future generations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey know the implications of messing with the liberation that our forefathers fought hard for. In the comfort of their homes, they know the difference between a true son of the soil and a \u2018Temu\u2019 version.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking with journalists after the visit, Sowunmi-Kolapo said Ogun State could not be conquered with money belonging to Nigeria, urging indigenes who had yet to join the PDP to \u201cnot sell their heritage for peanuts that won\u2019t last.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
According to her, the PDP ticket of Adebutu and Kolapo represents an \u2018Ogun for Ogun\u2019 agenda that would ensure the state\u2019s resources benefit its people.\n<\/p>\n
Some indigenes who spoke at the gathering also gave reasons for supporting the PDP ticket, citing various basic amenities and empowerment initiatives they said Adebutu had provided for residents across the state despite not holding political office.\n<\/p>\n
A pastor from Oke-Ijemo, Mr Caleb Alao, argued that the APC had \u201cruined\u201d the good days of PDP rule in the state. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe are tired of APC government. Many of the schemes established by the PDP administration have been abandoned and there is joblessness in the state.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cLadi Adebutu has been empowering our market women and paying school fees of indigent scholars long before election. That is the kind of leader we want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A community women\u2019s leader, Mrs Folake Adeyemi, said Adebutu was known in the community through his foundation\u2019s interventions for widows and farmers.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAdebutu is not a stranger. We know his foundation, we know what he has done for widows and farmers. APC has brought hardship \u2014 cost of rice, cost of school fees, everything is high. We want a government that will feel our pain.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIya Sunnah has been running empowerment programmes in our community, twice a year, for about seven years. Her compassion is not about politics. We will vote for them and protect our votes,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
Also endorsing the \u2018Ogun for Ogun\u2019 agenda, an elder in Ward 5, Semiu Bankole, said the initiative reflected what residents had been waiting for.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Ogun for Ogun agenda is what we have been waiting for. Some people want to buy our birthright because they have money.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are Egbas, we are proud people, we will not allow our ancestral land to be taken over by political traders who only remember Ogun during elections,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
A youth leader, Ahmed Ogunsola, said the APC administration had not given residents enough reason to support another APC candidate in 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe APC government hasn\u2019t impressed us to vote another APC in 2027. No jobs, no support for small businesses. Adebutu\u2019s empowerment schemes have reached many of us in Abeokuta South. That is why we, the youth, are saying PDP is the way forward. We will defend our votes,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
The meeting ended with residents pledging to take the \u2018Ogun for Ogun\u2019 message to all polling units in Abeokuta South.\n <\/p>\n
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