Ekiti APC Chair, Commissioner, Others Storm Aramoko To Inuagurate Campaign Committee

By 

Abasi Femi Oguntayo

Chairman
of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) in Ekiti, Paul Omotosho,
Commissioner of Finance, Dapo Kolawole and other leaders of the party
stormed Aramoko, as Ekiti Central Federal Constituency II Inaugurated
Campaign Committee for the 2019 general elections. 

The
over 30-man committee which comprised of the Ekiti State Attorney
General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapohunda, Commissioner of
Finance, Dapo Kolawole, Chief of Staff,  Chief of Staff, Abiodun
Omoleye, Secretary to the State Government, Abiodun Omoleye, Chief Press
Secretary to Governor, Yinka Oyebode and many party leaders in the
State, was inaugurated today Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the Civic
Center, Aramoko Ekiti, the constituency’s headquarters. 

Other
members of the central Campaign committee inaugurated are: Chief Femi
Oyebanjo as Patron, Chief Oluwole Ojo as chairman of the campaign
committee, Hon. Ropo Ige as  Campaign Coordinator and Mrs. Bosede
Olowookere as the deputy campaign coordinator. 

A
former Councillor in Ekiti West, Segun Olatunbosun was made the
secretary of the campaign committee and Kasali Oluwafemi  as assistant
Secretary.

Chief Alake
(Jofolak), Asiwaju Dapo Karounwi, Rt. Hon. Tope Ademiluyi, Engr. Kayode
Ojo, Dr. Thomas Femi, Hon. Ojo Atibioke, Prof. Adio Afolayan, Barr. Dele
Oloje, Barr. Isola Fapohunda, Mr. Jekoyemi, the Senatorial district
Chairman, Alhaja Adesina, who is the Senatorial Women Leader, Mrs. Rabi –
State Ex-Officio.

Other members of the campaign committee are:

Goke
Olajide, Efon Assembly Candidate, Johnson Adeoye           Ekiti West
Assembly Candidate for constituency 2, Ademola Ojo, Ijero Assembly
Candidate, Tajudeen Akingbolu Ekiti West Assembly Candidate for
constituency 1.

Akin
Oluwadare, Odunayo Ategbero, Abayomi Folowosele, Sola Fakanle, Akomolafe
Komoo, Asekun Sunday, who is the State Youth Leader Joel Omoniyi,  Yemi
Fadipe, Sesan Okere, Kayode Fashakin, MBA, were all Inaugurated as
members of the central campaign committee. 

The
Commissioner for Finance, Dapo Kolawole who was the chairman planning
committee, welcomed the Chairman of the party, Mr Paul Omotosho, the
State PRO, Ade Ajayi and other leaders of the party to Aramoko Ekiti.

He
sent the regards of the SSG, COS, AG, CPS to the house and urged the
aggrieved people amongst the aspirants in the last party’s primary
elections to bury their hatchets as “it is someone’s turn today and will
be another person’s turn tomorrow”.

Kolawole said, “the governor is someone who believes and rewards good works and will surely reward everyone accordingly”

The
campaign patron, Chief Femi Oyebanjo, who also addressed the gathering
said,  the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has failed again. He said, “I
Want us to vote massively in this elections, from the presidential to
the assembly elections. We should call all our family members to come
down to cast their votes for the party”.

The
chairman of the campaign committee, Chief Oluwole Ojo who also
addressed the gathering expressed his satisfaction over the caliber of
people on the list, said he believed the people will deliver.

He revealed that he was optimistic that all the candidates of the party will emerge and will come out victorious at the polls. 

Ojo
also rallied support for the governor, according to him, “the governor
had showed the people of Ekiti State that he is here to work, so we
should pay him back with our votes”.

The
party chairman who came on board to address the gathering assured every
aspirant who was stepped down that they would get the money for their
forms refunded. 

He
expressed his satisfaction over the presence of the people at the
gathering and said, with the caliber of people at the gathering, he was
sure of victory in Ekiti Central Constituency two. 

He
urged everyone to work for the progress of the party as the PDP is
already dead in Ekiti State. He was of the opinion that the PDP was no
longer a challenge to the APC in the State.  

“Now
that the PDP is already dead in Ekiti, we need to go out and campaign
to bring in new members from the other parties to the APC. 

“Please, we should not fight, we are not known for causing trouble, we should  not cause trouble.

He however educated members on the appropriate way of voting, to avoid too much voided votes in the forthcoming election. 

Omotosho also urged members of the party on house to house campaign and mobilization to gain new members to the APC.

Dapo
Karounwi who was also Inuagurated as the Chairman Efon wards campaign
committee tasked members to be completely loyal to the party. He also
urged members of the party to give their all to the forthcoming election
as it would decide a lot of things.

 He also advocated peace amongst members of the party and that they should put party first in everything they do.

Rt
Hon Tope Ademiluyi, the chairman of Ekiti West Local Government wards
Campaign Committee also came up to charge members of the gathering and
gave them the assurance that the PDP would be defeated gallantly in
Ekiti West Local government.

Speaking
on behalf of all the Candidates of the APC in the constituency, the
House of Representatives candidate of the party, Wunmi Ogunmola thanked
the party chairman and members of the party working committee and
leaders of the party present at the occasion for coming and urged party
members to start the campaign immediately as the forthcoming elections
were fast approaching.

Wunmi
however thanked everyone present and promised the people of the
constituency dividends of democracy as their efforts would not go
unnoticed. 

Aramoko culural troupe entertained the guests at the event with their beautiful dance steps 

A
road show was done on the street of Aramoko Ekiti after the
Inauguration.  The road show was led by the house of representatives
candidate, Wunmi Ogunlola as other assembly candidates from the four
local government areas in the constituency and members of the party
followed suit.