A socio-political group, Oluyole APC Youths and Elders’ Federation, have declared that Alhaji Kehinde Olaseobikan is the best choice to represent Oluyole Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives in 2023.
The group, in a release, gave 20 reasons why the media veteran and a former Chief Press Secretary to the late former Governor Lam Adesina is the best person to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 elections.
In the release signed by its chairman and secretary, Samuel Agbaje and Bukola Adepoju, respectively, the group said Olaosebikan is the only person among the aspirants that is capable of attracting a good number of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into the APC.
“This is what we need to win the first elections, overwhelmingly. With the first sets cleared, the governorship and House of Assembly elections would be a walk over.
“Olaosebikan will make victory, certain and easy for us. He is not tainted. He has no enemy within the party. His emergence will enhance peace and unity in our party. Nobody will feel bad or leave the party as a result of his candidature.
“He is a clean man. He is a total grassroots politician with the best connections with the grassroots and the hoi pollois. Ibile ponbele ni.
“He is clearly the most popular politician among the aspirants and an established true friend of the masses. He relates with all without any air.
“An incontrovertible son of the soil. His indigene ship of Oluyole Federal Constituency is never in doubt. Both parents are from Onipe in Ward 9. Tiwa-n-tiwa ni.
“As the chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area for less than five months, Olaosebikan is still rated as the most outstanding, cherished chairman in the history of the local government. Call me Kenny, as he is fondly called by workers and youths of the local government area.
“Working with total dedication and commitment to the party, Olaosebikan served as the chairman of Strategy and Communications Committee for the APC membership and revalidation exercise.
“The exercise succeeded in sensitizing and registered the highest number of members in the history of party registration in Oyo State.
“Loyal to the core, despite losing out in the chairmanship, governorship and House of Representatives primaries in 2018, he did not leave the party. He stayed put, contributing profoundly to its growth.
“Since 1999 when Olaosebikan has been in Oluyole politics, he does not have a single personal group. A complete party man, he believes in using the party structures for all his political activities.
“We are having crises in the party today because those we put forward have replaced the party structures with their personal groups.
“He will get massive support from traditional rulers whom he ensured had sumptuous lunch during their monthly meetings while he was the council chairman.
“Olaosebikan will secure enormous votes for the APC from women through the entire members of the National Council of Women Societies whom his wife provided with exquisite lace material gifts when he served as the council chairman. The gesture was unprecedented in the local government.
“With Olaosebikan as the candidate of APC, the landlords associations and various communities would gladly vote for the party to reciprocate the mutually-benefitting relationship that Olaosebikan built and still sustained with them till today.
“As the Asiwaju of Farmers in the local government, Olaosebikan will get the maximum votes of farmers who were highly impressed with the unprecedented support he gave to them while in the council.
“Within five months as the chairman of Oluyole Local Government Area, Olaosebikan extended hands of fellowship to all the major mosques and churches in the local council.
“He was turbanned as the Agba Akin Adini of Oluyole by all the imams and was specially recognized by the Christian Association of Nigeria, Oluyole branch as well.
“Known for fairness, justice and equity, he will get massive support for APC from all the faith based organizations.
“Olaosebikan is youth, women and elders-friendly. He is the only aspirant with profound boldness, courage and experience to galvanize all the natural and material resources of the federal constituency and significantly move Oluyole forward.
“He is a successful journalist with great influence among his colleagues locally, nationally and globally. His influence in the media would rub off on the party, our gubernatorial and other candidates. With him, we will have the media constantly on our side.
“He is a welfarist to the core with known accomplishments in the media both in Abuja where he worked as a journalist and in Oyo State where he served as Chief Press Secretary to Governor.
“He introduced a welfare scheme for journalists in Oyo State. Christened KO (an acronym for his name, Kehinde Olaosebikan), the scheme is still being enjoyed till date.
“He is competent, capable, caring and has the interest of party members at heart. He is God-fearing. Olaosebikan is a confirmed man of the people.
“He is clearly the best. Let us support and give the House of Representatives’ ticket to the best aspirant in the interest of our great party,” it was stated in the release.
