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The ‘freedom march’ from Maryland to Surulere, introduces a new dimension to the APC electioneering campaign in Lagos, western Nigeria.
Organisers of the event, the Lagos office of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Organisation, said the walk will showcase the readiness of Lagosians and the party for the rescheduled general elections.
They called on all lovers of democracy to join party faithful at the Maryland Junction for the event tagged ‘Walk for Change’.
The walk will take them through Ikorodu Road, Ojuelegba and terminate at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere. A statement by House of Representatives member and Lagos Coordinator of the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Office, James Abiodun Faleke, said the walk will be a psychological reawakening for the electorate and send a signal to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Lagosians are ready for the elections on 28th March and 11th April, 2015.
He said the party would not tolerate any further shift of the elections, noting that the APC walk show on Saturday is to demonstrate that Lagos residents are ready for the elections.
According to Faleke, the reports emanating from the on-going war against insurgency in the Northeast indicate that the military is winning the war, stressing that there is no reason for not holding the elections on March 28 and April 11.
“Lagos State is ready; Nigerians are set for the polls. It is in view of the readiness that we are embarking on the walk show slated for March 7.
“The walk is also to say that Nigerians reject the return to the dark age of the use of Temporary Voters Card (TVC), for the coming elections. There is no going back on the use of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs),” he said.
Faleke said Nigerians were aware of the machination of the Presidency to win the Southwest at all costs, noting that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resorted to wasting tax payers’ money on the project.
He said such money could have been used for more meaningful projects, instead of wasting the resources in the face of decaying infrastructure and other social needs of the people.
“I want to say that Nigerians have made up their mind and there is going to be a change at the centre by the grace of God. We are also using this occasion to tell the PDP that Senator Musiliu Obanikoro is not the best product they can offer. His role at the Ekiti election is still being queried.
“During the walk which will be flagged off by our National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, other APC leaders including Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, the Lagos governorship candidate Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode and our performing Governor, Babatunde Fashola, and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State and party leaders at the national and state levels will participate.
“The walk will commence from Maryland through Ikorodu road and will terminate at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere. The walk will commence by 7 am and we are hoping that before 12 noon, it would have been rounded off.
He said call by PDP not to use card reader, is because the party had been going about buying PVCs for N10,000 each, noting that if card readers are used, the cards bought would be useless.
“They have been buying PVCs, in order to clone their pin number, but this will be useless when card readers are used. Card readers will eliminate fraud, it will eliminate multiple voting and will make the election credible but because their plan is to rig they are not happy with the use of card readers.”
Falake maintained that it was PDP that accused the APC of cloning PVC, but up till now has not been able to substantiate their allegation.
He said the sudden successes recorded by the military in the fight against insurgency in less than six weeks show the administration lacked the will power to curtail the ugly situation.
“The government at the centre is afraid of conducting elections. We will win the coming polls, and Mr. President knows this. He has decided to come to the Southwest distributing dollars, unknown to him the people have made up their mind to collect his money and vote against him,” he said.
The lawmaker, who is the APC candidate for the Ikeja Federal Constituency, said arrangements have been made to make the walk hitch-free, even as he warned miscreants to steer clear.
He said law enforcers will be on ground for the guided walk during which party supporters are to appear in white top, symbolising peace.
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