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Oyo LG Polls: PDP Members Take To Streets, Kick Against Imposition Of Candidates

  • The protesting members who stormed Oyo State Secretariat in Agodi Ibadan to kick against the imposition of candidates on them said it was an injustice for the leadership of their to have been scheming things toward imposition of candidates
  • The protesters insisted on the conduct of party primary election which according to them would give all candidates a level playing ground.

Some members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State have taken to the streets of Ibadan, in protest against an alleged imposition of candidates ahead of the local government election in the state.

PDP

The protesting members who stormed Oyo State Secretariat in Agodi Ibadan to kick against the imposition of candidates on them said it was an injustice for the leadership of their to have been scheming things toward imposition of candidates for the planned local government election slated for May 2021

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They were seen with placards inscribed with various statements which showed their agitations and grievances and chanting solidarity songs to express their displeasures.

The protesters insisted on the conduct of party primary election which according to them would give all candidates a level playing ground.

Some of the inscriptions on their placards read; “Oyo East LG says no to imposition; Oyo East PDP wants to pry election please; LG Primary election save us from imposition in Oyo East LG Council; We want a free and fair primary election. We want free, fair primary election”.

Oyo, PDP

Others read; “Oyo state PDP elders and stakeholders flashback, remember what killed PDP. They don’t wish the masses well; We say no to the imposition of candidates; Don’t open the door for mass defection ahead of 2023 Oyo East local government PDP warns and Imposition kills the party, don’t use it,  among others.

 

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