Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State has described its Saturday’s victory over the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Oorelope State constituency bye-election to the House of Assembly as a clear demonstration of the fact that many people in the state are tired of the suffering being imposed on them by the ruling government.
LP, which fielded Lukman Balogun (former Caretaker Chairman of the Council) as its candidate to replace the slain House of Assembly member, Gideon Aremu, who was murdered by a four-man gang of armed robbers on July 1, 2016, garnered 6,122 votes to defeat the APC which went home with 4,148, and the Accord party coming last with 2,123 votes through its candidate Solomon Olabisi.
APC had been of the firm belief that it would effortlessly pummel the LP whose main backbone, former Oyo State Governor Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, had defected to the APC after his loss to Governor Abiola Ajimobi in the 2015 gubernatorial election.
Reacting to the victory, LP Publicity Secretary, Hon. Taiwo Ibrahim told ‘New Telegraph’ that “Our victory on Saturday over the APC showed that victory in electoral process in Oyo State is no longer the permutation of the politicians but that of the people. It showed that people generally are tired of the government of APC, not only at the federal level but at the state level in Oyo. Come rain, come shine, if any election is conducted in Oyo State again, it is clear that APC cannot win. People are hungry and so angry.”
New Telegraph
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