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| Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by helinues(op): 9:00pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
The wife of late politician and leader, Obafemi Awolowo, has given her support to Yemi Osinbajo, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with a call on Nigerians to vote Mr. Osinbajo at the February 14 election. Mr. Osinbajo is the running mate to Muhammadu Buhari, the former military ruler, who is challenging President Goodluck Jonathan to the top job. The call came when Mr. Osinbajo paid a visit to the matriarch, Hannah Awolowo, at her Ikenne home. Mrs. Awolowo expressed her gratitude to God over the choice of Mr. Osinbajo as the running mate of Mr. Buhari and sought the support of the people of Ikenne in particular and Nigerians in general to make the dream comes to fulfilment. “I am very grateful this morning to see that Yemi Osinbajo is going to higher ground and it is my prayer that he will get there. I urge you all to support his aspiration. God will take you there,” she said. Earlier in his speech, Mr. Osinbajo eulogized the virtues of the late leader, Obafemi Awolowo, for his contribution to the development of the country, assuring that his party would not derail in carrying on with the his good policies and programmes. “My choice as the vice-presidential candidate of our party is a rare opportunity for Remoland, Ogun State and Nigeria. It is God’s divine. Awolowo came out of Remoland to become the Premier of the defunct Western region and he did excellently well. It is my utmost believe and prayer that we will do more than him,” Mr. Osinbajo said. He said he was in Ikenne, his homestead, to receive blessings from the nonagenarian for a successful outcome at the polls come Feburary 14. He attributed high level of insecurity, unemployment, failure in the power sector and other socio-economic challenges confronting Nigeria to bad leadership, promising that his party would bring about the desired change in all ramifications. Mr. Osinbajo was accompanied by his wife, Dolapo, his twin brother, Akin Osinbajo, who was former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun State, the Iyaloja General of Remoland, Mercy Owolana, a former senator, Olorunimbe Mamora, among others. The team also paid a courtesy call on the Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Michael Sonariwo, and the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Kayode Adetona. Mr. Osinbajo had earlier visited homes of notable sons of the town which include Adeleke Adesina, who is the coordinator of Ikenne’s Peoples Forum and Idowu Sofola. In his remark, at a town hall meeting, held at Ikenne Town Hall, Mr. Adesina called for support of sons and daughters of the town by voting for Buhari/Osinbajo in the elections. Mr. Adesina told the gathering which had in attendance members of different political parties that the forum was established to drum their unflinching support for their own, whom he said was a bonafide indigene of the town. “This is our project. The very day his name was announced as the running mate of Buhari was the very day we formed the Ikenne Peoples Forum, so that we can chart a common front by supporting our son, Professor Osinbajo,” he said. “The forum is not partisan. It consists of people from different political parties. Our goal is to vote for our son in becoming the number two citizen of this great country. He is God’s appointee and we must all support him. We must support him with our votes and that is why we are starting the campaign from home,” he added. Similarly, Mr. Mamora, in his address, appealed to indigenes and residents of the town to explore the capacity for rational decision by voting for APC in the forthcoming elections. Source: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/174162-awolowos-wife-backs-osinbajo.html |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by saaedlee: 9:02pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
The true defenders of democracy are coming out one after another to support the need for change |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by erayo2GCA(m): 9:14pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
GMB man |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by tinkinjow: 9:16pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
APC always claiming what is not, when gej campaigns there you ll hear a clearer and definitive statement...BTW why was Tinubu not there? ![]() |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by oziegbe2015: 9:19pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
Now where would gej run to after obj, adeboye, awolowo have all distanced frm him. The guy is like a leprosy patient now. Left alone with ibb who couldnt even defeat a sick yaradua backed by the player obasanjo to pick an ordinary primary ticket. Fear no go let ibb mention gej name for northern nigeria |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by FastShipping: 9:21pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
![]() It is well with us in Nigeria. GMB/Osinbajo are on the right path to steer the ship of this country in the right direction. GEJ time is up! |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by minister2015: 9:36pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
JonaSATAN should forget southwest, he has lost out to a better candidate from the region. GEJ should concentrate on SE n SS, because his campaign vehicles r still in kaduna no driver to drive them to kano. |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by oduastates: 9:37pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
As long as we can see the back of that man whose entire job right from his ascension,has been all about re-election. |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by FastShipping: 9:44pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
"Jonathan should quietly resign honorably" --- Father Mbaka; Jan 1st, 2015. |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by bangiskings: 10:22pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
minister2015:abeg I no fit laff |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by LogicPower(m): 10:31pm On Jan 02, 2015*. Modified: 12:41am On Jan 03, 2015 |
oduastates:I think the part in bold is one of the greatest mistakes GEJ has made as a president. The very moment he was sworn in as president in 2011, the only thing that he seemed to be in his mind was how to get re-elected for a second term. Every decision he made, every politician he courted, every prisoner he released, every convict he pardoned, every church he visited, he always seemed to have only one thought in his mind, and that is, how this would help him to win the re-election in 2015. The result of all this is that he never had time to actually work for the people, or even appointed good and credible people who could work for the people. He could pick the worst character from a state and appoint him a minister if he sensed that it could be in the interest of his re-election campaign. And now the D-Day has come, and the ordinary people he has ignored all this long are determined to show him that they are the real custodians of power, through their votes. As the recent primaries have shown, many of the few rogues he chose to empowered with positions and money, hoping that he could use them to win re-election, are so discredited and loathed by their people that they could not even win primary elections for themselves or their favoured candidates in their respective constituencies, talk less of convincing their people to re-elect a failure like him for another 4 more years! |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by Skako(m): 11:09pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
Jona,u and big grammer wife must go to ur village
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| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by duwdu: 11:15pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
FastShipping:Hmm. P34c3 ..... ... |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by duwdu: 11:18pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
oduastates:The part in bold is, oh, so true! P34c3 ..... ... |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by duwdu: 11:22pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
LogicPower:Very well put - and so apt. P34c3 ..... ... |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by Splashme: 11:22pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
[size=13pt]I don't see a visit to the matriach as an endorsement. At her level she will pray for all Recently, she dispatched her daughter to represent her in a meeting with GEJ. Maybe, we should call that an endorsement too.[/size] |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by ketiy77: 11:32pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
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| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by IGBOSON1: 11:40pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
She must have a strong back! ![]() |
| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by NgeneUkwenu(f): 11:42pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
Nice one
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| Re: Awolowo’s Wife Backs Osinbajo by Nobody: 11:46pm On Jan 02, 2015 |
FastShipping:The HOLYSPIRIT Mbaka mentioned, who did the HOLYSPIRIT tell you he wants to see as president |
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