Segun Ayinde.
Eze Ndigbo of Ogun State, Willy Okonkwo Ejimkonye, has disclosed that the Igbos in the state would cast their votes for Governor Dapo Abiodun for second term in office come 2023 election
Ejimkonye also insisted that the igbo community would only vote for candidates contesting under the All Progressive Congress, APC, for any elective office in the forthcoming election.
He disclosed this at the 16th New Yam Festival, tagged ” Iri Ji Ndi Igbo 2022″ held at Omotayo Event Centre, Ifo Local Government Area of the State.
The Eze said that the Igbos in the state would vote for the governor since they live and do their businesses in every parts of the state with fair treatment from the incumbent administration.
He thanked God for the celebration of 16th New Yam festival in the state, noting it was worth celebration because they witness a fruitful yam harvest yielded for the year 2022.
The Eze said” Once we are here in Ogun State we will vote for the governor in the state, this is where we live and do our businesses. So we Igbo here will vote for Governor Abiodun and any APC candidate in 2023 general election.
“The New Yam Festival is an annual occasion of offering and celebrating immense thanks to God for making the yam to yield possible and even offering for a better harvest in the future” he added.
Earlier, Governor Abiodun, who was represented his Deputy Governor, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, said that the current government would do every thing possible to protect the lives and properties of Igbos in the state.
He appealed to them to vote him as the governor for another four years in office and other candidates of APC in the state in 2023 election, hinting that he and the party’s candidates would not fail them.
