Wife of the Osun State Governor, Kafayat Oyetola, has led over 10,000 women in the state in march for the 2023 presidential bid of Bola Hammed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima in Osogbo, the state capital.
The Osun first lady, who vowed that the social political group Akoni Obinrin (brave women) will prevent overvoting across the state in 2023, noted that the scenario will not be condoned as allegedly recorded during the 2022 Osun governorship election.
The over five kilometres road walk which started at Government House ran through, Oke-Fia, Alekuwodo, Ola-Iya, Odi-Olowo, Isale Aro, Station road, Old Garage terminated at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park where APC leaders rallied support for the party’s flagbearer and his running mate.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the marathon match, Mrs Oyetola said, “this movement of Akoni Obinrin (Brave women) is a movement to deliver victory for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. We are targeting 1 million votes for Tinubu/Shettima in 2023. We have decided to have a walk to mobilise support for them.
“We have seen what he has done within and outside the country most especially when he was the governor of Lagos state, he is a type of man that accommodate everybody without tribal sentiment. With the good job he has done in Lagos state, we believe he will replicate it in the entire country.”
“From the experience of overvoting we had in 2022 governorship election, we will ensure monitoring, we will go to polling units to cast our votes, stay at the polling units to prevent rigging of any kind like it happened few month ago, we are ready to monitor the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS. We will do all what it take to prevent preloaded BVAS. We are ready to monitor our votes.”
The Osun chairman of the party, Prince Gboyega Famodun noted that voters registration record in Nigeria indicated that there are more female voters adding that they therefore have more roles to play in determining who win elections.
