You can’t force Oyo workers to vote for you, Makinde tells Ajimobi

FROM IBRAHIM AKANBI, IBADAN

The governor­ship candidate of the Social Democratic Par­ty (SDP) in Oyo State, Engineer Oluseyi Ma­kinde, has told the state governor, Sena­tor Abiola Ajimobi to stop his attempt to force the people of the state to vote for him, describing it as an ex­ercise in futility that would fail in the end.

Reacting to the govern­ment’s directive, forcing the teachers in the state to report and take part in po­litical activity at the Gov­ernment House, Ibadan on Friday, Makinde described the decision as a gross abuse of office by the governor, wondering if such brazing use of force would make the teachers vote for him.

The Makinde Campaign Organisation in a statement signed by its Director of Media, Alhaji Wale Adele, noted that it has become a fashion for Governor Aji­mobi to force the people of the state to attend his cam­paigns, using the instru­mentality of the state.

Eng. Makinde expressed surprise that a government that had long disconnected with the workers would now woo them with a plate of rice and N1,000 which were distributed at the event.

The statement said it was a theatre of absurd that the APC government that could not pay teachers their salaries in December and January could find money to promote its campaign.

 

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