*receives PDP ward chairmen, others into Accord
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Accord Party Senatorial candidate for Oyo North Senatorial District in the 2023 general election, Honourable Shina Peller on Friday, said that the party will win the forthcoming 2023 general election particularly in Oyo North and by extension, Oyo State at large.
Hon Peller stated this in Saki, while receiving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward chairmen in Saki West Local Government Area, alongside thousands of their supporters into Accord.
The member House of Representatives, pointed out that Accord is now a political party to beat in Oyo State as far as the 2023 general elections will be concerned in and across the state.
Hon Peller stressed that by dumping PDP for Accord in Oyo State, the ward chairmen and their supporters have taken bold decision, describing their step as a very courageous move driven by the desire for the development of Oke-Ogun region.
Leader of the decampees and the PDP Chairman of all the eleven ward chairmen in the local government area, Honourable Abdulsalam Rafiu Arikewusope while speaking on behalf of others, said their decision to join Accord was informed by the yearning, aspiration and interest of the majority in Oke-Ogun.
Honourable Arikewusope hinted that they have all unanimously identified with Honourable Peller’s liberation mission and that Accord stands as the only formidable political party to reckon with not only in the Oyo North Senatorial District.
He stressed that they see Honourable Peller as a young, vibrant, fearless and grassroots-oriented politician who is an advocate of bottom-to-top approach to governance and that
they are confident that Honourable Peller will intensify efforts in bridging the gap between the government and the grassroots people if elected as their senator come 2023.
Welcoming the decampees into the party, Accord Oyo State chairman, Prince Felix Kolade Ojo
said Accord is a party which embraces internal democracy and that all members are always given sense of belonging irrespective of ethnic or religious affiliation.
Prince Kolade Ojo lauded them for believing in Accord as a party through which liberation mission can be actualized. He added.
