Ondo: Yoruba group warns politicians, roots for Oke

Some politicians of the northern extraction who have been involving themselves in the politics of the  South West of the country  have been warned to keep away from the region in order not to incur the wrath of the conscious segment of the self-determination groups.

This warning was handed down by the Coalition of Oodua Self-determination Groups (COSEG) in a release signed by the chairman of its Co-ordinating Council, Comrade Ifedayo Ogunlana, after a meeting of the council in Akure, Ondo State.

COSEG stated that while it has severally warned the political class from the west not to intrude into northern enclave ,it will also demand from the north not to foist a candidate on the people of Ondo State and that efforts to do such will be resisted as evidenced by the rejection of former President Jonathan’s candidate in Lagos  during the last general election.

According to the group, ”COSEG has consistently over the years rebuffed any intrusion into the South West electioneering process by external political interests, whether overtly or covertly. We moved seriously against Jonathan’s anointed candidate in Lagos in 2015 and we shall engage in such patriotic act whenever occasion demands.

“We shall do same in the forthcoming election in Ondo State by making sure that  the candidate of the Alliance for Democracy,  Chief Olushola Oke, the most popularly acceptable candidate, grassroots politician and above all,a God-fearing man wins.”

COSEG implored Ondo people and residents to support and vote for Chief Oke as the next governor of the state as he has the interest of the masses at heart and lives among them unlike the Abuja or Ibadan politicians who only relate with people during elections.

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