ADC Boasts of 2 Million Members in Oyo

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The Oyo State Coordinator of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Chief Layiwola Olakojo, said today the party has about two million members in the state.

He said this huge membership base would make it easy for the party to win the 2019 governorship election in the state.

Olakojo who stated this at a news conference on Tuesday in Ibadan, however, did not provide any proof of its membership to verify the claim.

He said the party would avoid the mistakes of both Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in choosing its governorship candidate.

“We’re going to do everything within our power, with the help of God to take control of Oyo government come 2019,” he said.

Olakojo also said the party would work hard to defeat the governing party at the centre and form the government next year, even though he was uncertain about the party’s presidential candidate.

“We are already on ground in Oyo state and you will see that in the whole of Oyo state today, ADC is the only party on ground.

“Others are nowhere to be found because of internal crisis. As far as we are concerned, we’re solidly on ground.

“Since April 28 that we held our town hall meeting, we decided to welcome the Unity Forum into our fold because they are very powerful segment of the APC in Oyo state.

“We make sure that we work together and I want to assure you that working together has made ADC a very strong political party.

“I want to assure you that by the special grace of God, we are doing everything possible to ensure that ADC controls the government of Oyo state next year.

“We will do everything within our plan, by the grace of God; we cannot do anything without God’s support.

“With the collective effort of our members and support of the good people of Oyo state, victory is ours,” he said.

He further explained that a seven-member congress committee has been set up to ensure that the ward congress of the party comes up on August 4.

Olakojo also said that the party’s local government congress would hold on August 7, while its state congress would take place on August 11.

The congress committee is chaired by a former Caretaker Chairman of Ibadan North West Local Government, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun.

Others members are Dr John Famoyin, Alhaji Adebayonle Sanni, Mrs Sade Adeojo, Mrs Samson Bamidele-Ojo, Mrs Saheed Alaran and Erelu Funke Olayanju.

Party leaders who attended the briefing were Dr Busari Adebisi, a former Secretary to Oyo state Government, Alhaji Isiaka Alimi, Mrs Victoria Adegbuyi and Reverend Ezekiel Adeniran.

Others are Chief Goke Oyetunji, Alhaji Gani Alade, Chief Dokun Alagbe, Alhaji Kayode Adanla and Chief (Mrs) Funmi Arulogun.

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