Oyo North Senatorial candidate of Accord Party in Oyo State Hon. Shina Peller and the National Body of Federation of Iseyin Local Government Students FILGS have today endorsed Governor Seyi Makinde‘s re-election bid.
Few days to the gubernatorial and state assembly election, there have been series of endorsements by various groups and political gladiators garnering support for their annointed candidates.
Honourable Shina Peller who made official declaration today had been said to have pitched his tent with Makinde’s camp after he lost his senatorial bid.
Peller won the HoR seat for Iseyin/Kajola/Iwajowa/Itesiwaju Federal Constituency in 2019 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He later defected to Accord where he got the Oyo North Senatorial ticket in the February 25th presidential and National Assembly elections.
He lost the seat to the incumbent, Senator Fatai Buhari who got the third term victory at the Upper chamber of the National Assembly.
The ceremony took place at Ode-Oba, Iseyin in a carnival like campaign event attended by Governor Seyi Makinde and other leaders of the umbrella party.
Peller, who was at the event with thousands of his supporters, urged residents to vote for Makinde for continuity of good governance.
The endorsement may be a big blow for the camp of the Accord governorship candidate, Oloye Adebayo Adelabu in the coming election.
Peller said he decided to join Makinde’s re-election bid because of his antecedent and performances in the last four years.
In his words, the president of the Federation of Iseyin Local Government Students FILGS, Andrew ADISA said the entire youths and students of Iseyin have unanimously agreed to work for the re-election of Gov. Seyi Makinde due to his monumental achievements in Oke-Ogun.
“To bring to record, no past administration has done half of what Governor Seyi Makinde has done in the region of the state. His immense achievements include: Constructions of Oyo-iseyin road, Iseyin-ogbomoso road, completion of Iseyin-ibadan road, LAUTECH Iseyin Campus among others. Why shouldn’t we support him?
“Therefore, come Saturday March 18th, 2023, all students in Iseyin are voting and canvassing Governor Seyi Makinde as the Governor of Oyo State. We want GSM to finish what he has started in Iseyin and its environment and also bring many more”, said FILGS President.
Makinde while making his remark promised to continue his developmental strides in every zone of the state.
Governor Makinde also used the occasion to inspect the ongoing projects at Iseyin campus of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) where he assured the people that the project will not be abandoned.