Sambo, Obasanjo, Mark storm Ondo for Oke October 2

Vice-President Namadi Sambo will on Tuesday lead top leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to Akure, the Ondo State capital, for a rally to garner support for the party’s governorship candidate, Chief Olusola Oke.
Others expected at the rally are former President Olusegun Obasanjo; PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur; Senate President Davis Mark; House of Reprsentatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal; as well as the Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
Sambo, who is also the Presidential Campaign Committee Chairman for the election, is expected to rally support for Oke in the October 20 election.
Addressing reporters at Oke’s campaign office in Akure, the Director-General of the campaign organisation, Dare Bada, urged members of the party to welcome the party’s national leaders.
Bada said the rally would enable the PDP to show its seriousness and the commitment of its national secretariat as well as the Presidency for the PDP to win the poll.
He said: “It is important to mention that the theme of the Presidential Campaign Committee is ‘win your ward, win your local government’. This is to emphasise the fact that the party implores all members in the state, irrespective of status and class, to join hands in the task to succeed in every polling unit on the Election Day. I want to restate that this is a message that all party members in Ondo State have imbibed and is responsible for the success that continues to characterise our state-wide campaigns.
“It is also important to underscore the fact that puerile speculations, to the effect that a particular party is an appendage of the PDP and enjoys Abuja’s support, is all ruse. It is an unwise manner to hoodwink and confuse the good people of this state.”