…..PDP Endorses Vote Not Fight Campaign
•Take Campaign to APC- Jegede, Olafeso
The Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State led by Dr. Eddy Olafeso today received the “Vote Not Fight Campaign team” at the party’s secretariat in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The Director General of the Campaign Council, Dr. Eddy Olafeso who said the council in Ondo State is well prepared for the task ahead noted that PDP is peace loving and ready for the election which is a fight with votes to change the narrative of the country from the present state of banditry, kidnappings among other vices.
While appreciating the team for preaching peace at a time when the people are losing hope, the former Southwest National Vice Chairman of the party said PDP do not favour violence and is committed to shun violence before, during and after the 2023 General Elections.
“We wil encourage our people to vote and not fight because we are also parents”, he added just as he applauded the team for deeming it fit to visit the leadership of the party in the state.
Also speaking, the candidate of the party in the 2020 governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede SAN, who serves as the Vice Chairman of the council, restated the commitment of the party to a peaceful electioneering process just as he urged the VoteNotFight team to take the campaign to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
While also identifying vote buying as a form of electoral violence, Barr. Jegede urged the people not to sell their votes but to come out to perform their civic responsibility and use the power of their thumb to vote for right candidates.
In his remarks, the state chairman of the party, Hon. Fatai Adams reaffirmed that PDP as a peace loving party will continue to play the game according to the rules.
Earlier in his address, Vote Not Fight Campaign Coordinator in Ondo State, Mr. Jonathan Obatola said the goal of the visit is to secure the commitment of the party towards peaceful electioneering process ahead of the 2023 election.
According to Obatola, “we cannot pretend not to know the implications of electoral violence or how it affects individuals, family and especially the state capital, Akure in 1983. As we are implementing grass root civic and voter education outreaches to curb electoral violence in the state , we have come to seek your support to call on your teeming supporters to remain peaceful before, during and after the 2023 general elections.”
