The candidacy of Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan for the Oluyole Federal Constituency seat will bring back all party members who have defected and increase membership of the party astronomically in all the 10 wards of the council.
A group comprising youths and leaders of the party, Oluyole United, gave the assurance amidst reports of defection of supporters of the sitting member representing Oluyole in the House of Representatives.
The member was reported to have lamented the defection of her key supporters at a meeting with stakeholders last Friday.
The supporters, according to reports, decided to abandon the lawmaker when her promise to secure the entire executive committee of the party to them under her group, Community Relations Volunteers (CRV), failed.
Feeling deceived and dejected, the supporters quit the party and openly teamed up with Accord.
The Oluyole United, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday and signed by Mr. Yekeen Ajibola Oba and Chief Mrs Funmi Adedokun chairman and secretary of the group, respectfully assured the state and national headquarters, members and progressive family across the world, that the candidacy of Olaosebikan, fondly called ‘Call me Kenny’ by the people of Oluyole and ‘KO’ by members of the press, would bring back the defectors and attract several others to the party.
“It is a well-known fact that Olaosebikan is the most popular, loved and respected among all the aspirants in all the parties. As so many people have said, the pledge made by Olaosebikan that he would triple the votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and win convincingly for all the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates is realistic.
“Olaosebikan has the capacity, pedigree and political structures and IoUs in all the 10 wards of the federal constituency that would make the realisation not just possible but easy,” the group said.
Having served successfully as the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to a former governor of the state, chairman of the Oluyole Local Government Area, and currently leading a global public relations firm, Olaosebikan is a name that resonates strongly with the people of Oluyole and beyond.
“Olaosebikan is known for peace, civility, fairness and people-oriented pursuits. He is a man of the people, the quintessential jolly good fellow,” the statement added
A former candidate of Accord Party and PDP chieftain, Hon. Prince Funsho Ogunranti had recently told a press conference that with Kehinde Olaosebikan as the candidate of APC, many members of all other parties would move to APC and vote massively for the party.
Kehinde Olaosebikan has been a loyal and committed APC serving in two major committees of the party’s Presidential Campaign Council in 2023. He was the face of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign in Oyo State as the chairman of the media and publicity committee for Oyo State and South West coordinator for media and publicity for the South West Zonal Contact and Mobilisation Committee.