By Sam Ajide, Ore
Ahead of electioneering campaign which is expected to kickstart next week, The Hausa Community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State has donated two thousand campaign posters to Hon Ifabiyi Olatunji Samuel to support his candidacy in the forthcoming 2023 general election
It will be recalled that Hon. Ifabiyi Olatunji, a candidate of the ruling party(APC) from Odigbo Constituency 1 won the last State House Primary on May 28, 2022, with wide margin to defeat two other rival aspirants.
Presenting the campaign posters before party men at the APC Secretariat in Ore on Thursday, the Chairman, Hausa Community in Odigbo Local Council area of Ondo State, Alhaji Musa Salisu explained that the development became imperative as part of efforts to render support to the plights and aspirations of the hopeful State lawmaker.
In the same vein, the chairman, Arewa community residing in Odigbo Local Government area who was accompanied by Mr Ibrahim Yussuf Chikulo and other members said they were inspired to support Hon Ifabiyi Olatunji,
"We have cross-examined his good antecedents even before his two appointments as Special Assistant in two consecutive times, and won't rest on its oars until he eventually become Member of Ondo State House of Assembly next year.
"The entire Hausa Community have deemed it fit to support Hon Ifabiyi because of his good deeds,and we must replicate. He has been performing creditably as a leader of this party ever since. He's a man of the people". Salisu admitted.
In his reaction, the former Special Adviser on Commerce and Industry to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the State House of Assembly Candidate of the APC, Odigbo Constituency I, Ifabiyi Olatunji Samuel expressed his optimism on the innovative idea and commended Hausa Community and its leadership on the rare gesture.
He also expressed confidence in Hausa Community who has being with the party even during the turbulent from the time immemorial, vowed to continue maintaining the good relationship that has been existing between Hausas and other ethnic groups before, during and after 2023 general elections.
Earlier, chairman of the ruling party, Odigbo Local Government chapter, Alhaji Fatai Olawale thanked Hausa community for showing thier interest in Hon Ifabiyi Olatunji Samuel candidature, urging them to keep the flag flying for cordiality.
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