Chief Ifedayo Adedipe and Princess Kemisola Adesanya of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State have denied any agreement with the All Progressives Congress (APC) or its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, ahead of the upcoming general elections.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Tinubu and the PDP candidates’ posters had taken over social media and some locations in Akure, the state’s capital.
During a joint news conference on Sunday in Akure, Adedipe and Adesanya, candidates for the Ondo Central Senatorial District and Akure North/South Federal Constituency, respectively, expressed their opposition to the APC presidential candidate.
They claimed that in addition to hoping to win their respective elections, they were concentrated on securing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, the victory.
They said that the circulation of the posters was the handiwork of a group to which they had no affinity or connection.
“We are candidates of Peoples Democratic Party and have no connection whatsoever with the group that did the posters.
“Both of us are focused and have clear directions on our ambitions, political ideologies, the ideology of our party, PDP.
“We welcome support from members of other political parties who believe in our personalities and abilities to represent them well at the National Assembly.
“However, our belief and support for our great party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is total, unalloyed and unflinching.
“We hereby wish to further reiterate our commitment to our party and our ambition for quality representation to the good people of our constituencies, to influence policies that will improve the lives of our constituents.
“We believe there are so many ways to better the lives of our people than the present situation in the country,” they said.
The duo urged their supporters and the electorate generally to remain resolute and vote for a new narrative, represented by PDP, to rescue Nigeria.
“We urge the electorate to vote for all the candidates presented by PDP across board to put an end to the present APC government,” they said.
Also, the PDP Chairman in the state, Alhaji Fatai Adams, said that the party was in support of the Dr Iyorcha Ayu-led National Executive Council and the presidential candidate.
Adams described the posters as the handiwork of mischief makers trying to cause disaffection within the party in the state. (NAN)