We Are Formidable In Ondo, Southwest, Says ADC

Ondo State section of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said the enactment was committed to making the enactment a formidable unit successful the South West and successful Ondo State.

The party’s caretaker president successful the state, Asiwaju Ayowole Ademoyegun, said the enactment has embarked connected a mobilisation strategy crossed the six states successful the South West, led by erstwhile Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the National Secretary of the party.

He spoke to LEADERSHIP portion reacting to concerns that the enactment is struggling to find its footing successful the South West wherever the incumbent, President Bola Tinubu hails from.

Apart from the Labour Party’s 2023 governorship campaigner successful Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, who precocious joined the ADC with his supporters, nary salient South-West person has publically identified with the absorption party.

A erstwhile politician of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who was alleged to beryllium portion of the conjugation by his governmental ally, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, has since distanced himself from the group.

Although the ADC has gained immoderate salient leaders from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) astatine the nationalist level owed to the party’s lingering crisis, the aforesaid cannot beryllium said of the South-West. Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, for instance, precocious denied nursing immoderate program to dump the PDP for the ADC.

It volition beryllium recalled that President Tinubu won lone 4 retired of the six South-West states successful the 2023 statesmanlike election, polling 2,279,407 votes successful the region.

Ahead of the 2027 polls, it was learnt that the President and his governmental strategy squad are targeting triumph successful each the six South-West states, peculiarly Lagos, wherever Tinubu was politician for 8 years but mislaid to Labour Party’s statesmanlike candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, successful 2023.

Reacting however, Ademoyegun said, “The ADC has been engaging with grassroots members and absorption leaders to physique a beardown conjugation against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

“Several salient politicians person defected to the ADC, including: At slightest 4 erstwhile gubernatorial candidates from assorted parties. Former Senators, House of Representatives members, and House of Assembly members. Scores of erstwhile members of assorted State Executive Committees. Thousands of caller members defecting from their erstwhile parties successful each Ward crossed the six South West States.

“The enactment has been actively engaging successful grassroots mobilization, emphasizing antiauthoritarian values, inclusion, and transparency.

“The ADC appears to beryllium gaining momentum successful Ondo State, driven by its mobilization strategy, conjugation building, and committedness to antiauthoritarian values,” helium said.