Walk for Change ’ rally
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The police in Akure, Ondo State capital , yesterday disrupted a peaceful rally organised by members of
the All Progressives Congress ( APC) to welcome the
party ’ s vice- presidential candidate , Pastor Yemi
Osibanjo .
Not a few party members who thronged the campaign
office of General Muhammadu Buhari at Leo
Junction along Oyemekun Road in Akure were tear -
gassed .
The rally, tagged ‘ Work for Change ’ , was organised
by an APC chieftain , Hon Boloa Ilori, and witnessed
by Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State .
A cheerful crowd of APC supporters and members of
the Hausa community had assembled at the venue of
the rally as early as 7 . a. m to welcome Prof Osinbajo
when men of the Ondo State Police Command
stormed the venue and released tear gas to disperse
the crowd .
Journalists who were on ground to cover the rally
were not spared by the police .
The Nation gathered that the state Commissioner of
Police , Mr Isaac Eke , had warned the APC members
to confine their rally to the premises of the campaign
office.
The APC members were said to have insisted on
carrying out their rally by walking round the town ,
arguing that the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC ) had lifted ban on campaign
rallies
Speaking with reporters , the Chairman of Ondo APC,
Isaac Kekemeke, said the incident was an unfolding
drama because he had been in constant touch with
the state Commissioner of Police on the need to
allow the party to hold the rally.
He said: “I have been discussing with the
Commissioner of Police constantly . I still spoke with
him a few minutes ago and we are still talking . He
told me that he had been directed from Abuja not to
allow the rally to hold because our campaign would
disturb the peace of the state .
“ Our party members have conducted themselves
peacefully with members of the public and we are
only waiting for our visitors, Osibanjo , Aregbesola
and others to start the programme before we were
tear- gassed .
“ I have urged my members not to attack the police ;
we are going to hold the rally. If the police attack
you , don’ t attack them, if they tear- gas you , use
water to clean your face” .
Gov. Aregbesola , who later arrived with Osinbajo and
Iyaloja of Osun State, Alhaja Akindemade , warned
Nigerians against casting their votes for the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP ) presidential candidate,
President Goodluck Jonathan , noting that giving
Jonathan a second chance will completely ruin
Nigerian economy .
Aregbesola lamented the continuous stealing of
400, 000 crude oil barrels per day since July 2013 .
He explained that the stolen crude oil worth
$ 40 million at a time when oil was being sold at $ 150
per crude oil .
According to him: “We should vote for development
and kick out corruption , poverty and unemployment ,
by voting Buhari in. If a government could allow
about 400, 000 crude oil to be missing per day , we
should know we are in for serious trouble .
“ Since July 2013 , every day , we have been losing
400, 000 crude oil barrels to oil theft . Do you know
the worth of such , if the crude oil is being sold at the
rate of $ 150 per barrel ? That is $40 million per day
that we are losing to oil thieves and if you look at
this for a year , that is over $14 billion . Should we
allow this kind of government to continue to rule over
us ?
“ We must vote them out . I am urging people who
have not collected their Permanent Voter Cards
( PVCs ) to go back to their various local government
areas, INEC offices and get their PVCs . They still
have the chance to get the cards till January 31 , this
month ” .
The APC vice- presidential candidate , Prof . Yemi
Osinbajo , assured members of the public that the
party would adopt the school feeding policy of Osun
State government for every public school across the
country , if voted for .
He said no child in the primary school level across
the country would come to school with empty
stomach again.
Business activities in the state were paralysed as
APC supporters and residents trooped out to receive
Osinbajo and Aregbesola .
Party members and supporters , including members of
the Asiwaju Grassroots Foundation ( AGF ) led by its
coordinator Ayodele Wisdom, Hausa Community,
Okada riders, market women later participated in the
rally , walking from Leo Junction to the Alagbaka area
of Akure.
The convener of the rally, Hon Ilori, said the ‘ Walk
for Change ’ was informed by the need for people to
actively participate in the process to ensure
meaningful change in the country .
He lamented that people have always talked about
election in the four corners of their house without
coming out to participate in the system .
At the event were Senator Ajayi Boroffice , Ifedayo
Abegunde , Osun State Speaker , Najeem Salam , Chief
Tayo Alasoadura , Tunji Abayomi and Prince
Solagbade Amodeni , among others.

Source: Thenation.

ill comment as soon as i see the pictures


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AKURE IS A NO GO AREA FOR TUGS AND HOODLUMS SO POLICE PLEASE BE AWARE AND CAREFUL!!!!