A former Minister of Defence and governorship aspirant in Ondo State on the platform of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Dr. Olu Agunloye, yesterday urged politicians to avoid violence. He advised members of the ruling Labour Party (LP) against heating up the polity in their bid to remain in office. Dr. Agunloye spoke in Irun-Akoko where scores of LP and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders from Akoko North West Local Government Area defected to ACN through the Omoluabi Platform, the aspirant’s campaign group.
The defectors were led by a House of Assembly aspirant on the platform of the social mega democratic party in the last elections, Prince Joseph Aladesuyi (aka Jotina), and a former youth leader in the LP, Mr Rotimi Osanyiro. The defectors include Adewole Faseesin, a former Secretary of the ruling party in the local government; Mrs Beatrice Aladesuyi, erstwhile Women’s Leader; and David Idowu, a former ex-officio of LP in the local government.
Aladesuyi urged progressives to move en masse into the ACN to accelerate the development of the state and rescue it from the grip of those he described as “grandiose politicians” who have allegedly been looting the treasury. One of Agunloye’s Special Assistants, Jackson Oyedele, received the defectors on behalf of the aspirant. He hailed them for joining other progressives in the ACN.
He said everyone is equal in the party, adding that old and new members have equal opportunities. Agunloye urged the defectors to always exhibit the virtue of Omoluabi (thoroughbred) in their political dealings. The former minister warned that violence is not an attribute of an Omoluabi, saying nobody has a monopoly of violence.
The youth wing of the platform held a rally in Ile-Oluji to mobilise for ACN in the October governorship poll. ACN Acting State Chairman Chief Noah Adesoji praised the youths and Dr. Agunloye for being advocates of peace and developing the party. The state youth leader, Mr Anas Mohhamed, urged the youths to be vigilant during the poll.
He noted that youths have a significant role to play in the poll, saying it would determine their future and save them from inept leadership under the LP government.
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