By Seyifunmi Odunuga
A frontline gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Engineer Oyedele Hakeem Alao, has felicitated with the former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his victory at the APC presidential primary election.
Alao in a congratulatory message he personally signed and made available to journalists in Ibadan, said the emergence of the National Leader of the APC as the flag bearer of the party in the 2023 general election was a result of his tenacity and signposts a victory for Nigeria and Nigerians.
According to him, the overwhelming votes gave him by the delegates showed his acceptability by members of the party all over the country, stating that he has the capacity to provide the needed leadership that would consolidate and continue to ensure the democratic gains and move the country forward..
The Asiwaju of Irokoland while urging the Jagaban of Borgu to extend the hands of fellowship to other aspirants who he said submitted themselves to democratic exercise in the interest of the party, noted that Asiwaju Tinubu is a unifying factor in the APC who has the ability to ensure that members of the party close ranks and work assiduously for its victory.
He lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for providing the enabling environment for credible primaries that produced the presidential candidate of the party, maintaining that the APC is in a better position to make the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) become history in the country.
He said, ” I join other teeming well wishers to congratulate the National Leader of our great party, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on his deserved victory as the presidential candidate of APC in the 2023 elections.
“As a unifying factor who is best suited to bring Nigeria together rather than divide it, Asiwaju Tinubu’s victory who has all it takes to replicate the success he recorded in Lagos State as governor in every part of Nigeria is nothing but a hope for the generality of Nigerians, a balm to heal our wounds and a future secured for the country.”
Alao who restated his commitment to work tenaciously for the success of the party in the coming elections, called on members of the party in Oyo State and the country as a whole to rally round Tinubu and come together for the victory of the party.
