By Babatunde Michael.
The leadership of Ekiti Progressives has commenced massive mobilisation of voters across the 2,450 polling units for the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar and other party candidates in Ekiti state ahead of 2023 general elections.
Rising from the first state executives meeting of the group held in Ado EKiti after their last week defection to PDP, the leadership commended
PDP presidential candidate, vice presidential candidate Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, National Deputy Chairman (south) Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja and PDP candidate in 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN.
Others include, Senator Biodun Olujimi,Hon Henrich Akomolafe, Dr Hamza Talba, Mr Funsho Ayeni, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Senator Philip Aduda, Senator Dino Melaye
National organising Secretary of PDP and the national leadership of PDP under Senator Iyorchia Ayu for making the defection and declaration possible and successful.
In order to ensure the victory and success of Atiku and PDP candidates in the forthcoming election in Ekiti state, the group set up 20-member mobilisation team for each polling units in the state.
The coordinator of the group, Wale Ayeni said the moves became necessary to kickstart door to door, house to house, street to street, town to town, church to church, mosque to mosque, office to office and school to school Mobilisation of voters for the former vice president and other PDP candidates in Ekiti.
The group also fixed Monday 4th October,2022 to kickstart the mass mobilisation of voters for Atiku and PDP candidates in Ekiti in each of the Senatorial district begining from Ekiti South.