A cross section of residents of Osun State have declared their preference for a technocrat, businessman, philanthropist and a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, as the party’s candidate in the upcoming July gubernatorial poll.
The preference was expressed in a snap opinion poll, conducted by the Patriotic Osun Citizens Forum, POCF, over the weekend.
One of the respondents, a popular photographer, Adesanmi Sunday, from Ilesa, said that he is a staunch member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, The Osun Progressive, TOP, faction loyal to the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, adding that if PDP should allow Ogunbiyi as its flag bearer in the July 16, 2022 governorship elections, he would campaign and vote for him.
He averred that if the PDP fields Senator Ademola Adeleke as its candidate, it will fail, the family will pocket all the residents and no one, including members will enjoy his government.
He said, “Ogunbiyi as an administrator would be able to manage the state well, and people will enjoy the dividends of his good governance.
“As a photographer, we know everybody, the good and the bad ones, I know Akin Ogunbiyi very well. He won the last primary election, but they used money to manipulate the primary to swindle in Senator Adeleke. If the PDP should make a mistake to field Adeleke, they will fail woefully; but if they field Ogunbiyi, I will vote for him.”
Also, another citizen if the state nad a businessman, Elusogbon Olatunji, said, “Ogunbiyi should not be tired, he should keep going, he is our man, the youths will vote for him.”
Another respondent, a woman trader, said that they voted for Ogunbiyi in 2018, but the votes were manipulated. She said that they will vote for him again.
