The leadership of Ekiti Progressives has commenced mobilisation of voters across the 2,450 polling units in the state for the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and other party candidates in Ekiti State ahead of 2023 general elections.
The coordinator of the group, Wale Ayeni, said the move became necessary to kickstart door to door mobilisation of voters at residences, offices as well as religious and educational centres for the former vice president and other PDP candidates in Ekiti.
Rising from the first state executives meeting of the group held in Ado-Ekiti after their last week’s defection to PDP, the leadership commended the presidential candidate, Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, National Deputy Chairman (South), Ambassador Taofeek Arapaja and PDP candidate in 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN).
Others include Senator Biodun Olujimi, Hon Henrich Akomolafe, Dr Hamza Talba, Mr Funsho Ayeni, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Senator Philip Aduda, Senator Dino Melaye and the national leadership of the party under Senator Iyorchia Ayu for making the defection and declaration possible and successful.
The group had also set up a 20-member mobilisation team for each polling unit in the state and fixed Monday, October 4, 2022, to kickstart the mass mobilisation in each of the senatorial district, starting from Ekiti South.
