Recently, I decided to step back from talking about Ondo State politics for reasons best known to me and focus on my private endeavors.
However, I couldn’t help but laugh when I watched the video of the APC Ondo South Senate candidate threatening to fight anyone engaging in anti-party activities.
This is a man we have barely seen since he was handed the party ticket, a man who has refused to call or reach out to party leaders and members since emerging as the candidate.
A man who thought hiding behind the Governor’s name would automatically hand him victory by January, and who assumed the APC is so big that whoever the party picks will win automatically simply because President Tinubu is from the South-West.
Go and tell him to start working if he truly wants to win. His threats will not earn him a single vote; only his work and his relationship with the leaders and the people will earn him the desired victory.
That we belong to the same political party does not automatically guarantee him anybody’s vote.
The APC is not a secret society where everyone must bow to some binding supreme law.
This is a democratic setting where individuals join political parties and interest groups of their choice and decide for themselves what they want. No one is a feeding-bottle kid. Let everyone decide what they want.
You cannot get my vote with threats. No amount of threats will ever make people work for you.
There is still time, Dr. Duerimini Isaacs Kekemeke, to go and work closely with all forces in Ondo South and we will vote for you but not in the manner you have chosen, by openly threatening to fight those who refuse to work for you.
Nobody owes you any vote. This is a democracy. Everyone is at liberty to vote for whomever they want, regardless of party affiliation.
The primary elections are over; what else are we still fighting for? Never assume some people will not vote for you simply because you were told they won’t work for you. Approach them, open your arms, and welcome everyone.
You want my vote? Then come earn it.
Signed,
Bayo Ogoh
Chairman, Apex Multimedia
Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area,
Ondo State.
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