Eniola Olayemi
Member of President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Council, Mr. Preye Aganaba, has said that despite a setback caused by the postponement of elections, President Muhammadu Buhari will win Bayelsa State in the rescheduled elections.
Anganaba, who is a founding member of the APC, said people in Bayelsa had seen a remarkable difference between the 16 years of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the three years of Buhari in the state.
Speaking in Yenagoa, he said the only appreciation voters in the state would give to Buhari was to come out en masse on Saturday and vote for him.
“President Buhari has shown so much love to Bayelsa state. The APC administration of President Buhari has done more for Bayelsans in three and a half years compared with 16 years of the PDP”, he said.
He noted that the present APC-led Federal Government was executing numerous road, housing and water projects; building ICT center sand initiating youth development programmes amongst others.
Aganaba described the appointment of Prof. Nelson Brambaifa as the acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as one of the best things to happen to Bayelsa saying the state was already filling the impact of the position.
He said the rescheduled election was an opportunity for Bayelsans to say thank you by voting overwhelmingly for President Buhari and the APC.
He insisted that it was time the state aligned with the government at the centre predicting that the APC would coast to victory on Saturday.
Aganaba, who is a critical member of Buhari Support Organisation (BSO) in Bayelsa lashed out at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the postponement of the polls, describing the commission’s conduct as “unfortunate, unprofessional and tactless.”
He urged the APC supporters in the state and across the nation not to be discouraged by the shift in the polls by one week but to come out en masse to vote Buhari and other candidates of the party.
He boasted that if election should hold any day, the APC would trounce the other parties.
He said: “The numbers favour us. If the elections hold today, the APC will have a resounding victory at the presidential, governorship and National Assembly polls.
“But in order for this to happen, all members of the party must be committed and resolute in delivering their polling units come Febuary 23 and March 9 respectively.
“The mission here is to ensure we deliver our polling units for the APC.”
He said Buhari supporters in the state intensified strategies to deliver massive votes for the President in the state and all APC candidates in the elections.
The APC leader said he and other supporters were engaging in a series of meetings with the various wards and the agents of different polling units, strategising on how to deliver massive votes for the President.
