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Tinubu vows to continue fight against corruption, money laundering, other vices



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Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, asked  electorates in Kwara state to cement the political freedom of "Otoge" revolution of 2019 elections they recorded ,by voting  for him and other candidates  of the party in the forthcoming general elections. 

Addressing party supporters at the party's presidential campaign rally held at the Metropolitan square,  Ilorin, Kwara state capital, Tinubu also said that his administration will continue the fight to eradicate corruption if elected into power in the forthcoming general elections.

He stressed  that the party's symbol of broom would be used to sweep away corruption, money laundering, and other challenges currently bedeviling the nation.

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu said that, "Your freedom four years ago,  was thunderbolts all over the country and you deserve a great  congratulations.

He asked , "Are you going to cement that freedom? Do you know what to do? use your permanent voters cards to fingerprints the APC and let it continue all throughout the polls".

Tinubu added, "Today, we are just celebrating freedom. We're assessing and reasserting our freedom in a democracy. 

"There was rumour yesterday that this would not happen, but it's happening in your lifetime. We thank you for believing in your governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. 

"He's very honest, genuine hardworking man. On February 25, you should vote APC and vote for prosperity. Vote for me and vote for APC and all its candidates in the Presidential, National Assembly, governorship and state Houses of Assembly

Tinubu who was flanked by his Vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima, the national chairman of APC, Senator Adamu, Director General, APC  presidential campaign council, Mr. Simeon Lalong, Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the state governor, Alhaji AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq however also said that, " Let's make it a broom revolution. Broom!!! You have no other symbol than the symbol of freedom, cleaninless, sweeping fraud, money laundering, corruption, away, sweeping insecurity away".

"Today, we are just celebrating freedom. We're assessing and reasserting our freedom in a democracy. There was rumour yesterday that this would not happen, but it's happening in your lifetime. We thank you for believing in your governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. He's very honest, genuine and hardworking man. On February 25, you should vote APC and vote for prosperity. Vote for me and vote for APC and all its candidates in the Presidential, National Assembly, governorship and state Houses of Assembly", he said.

Director General of the  Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Simeon Lalong, in his remark  justified the claim that it is turn of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the party, to be the next pressident of the country.

Lalong, said it was time for Tinubu to reap the gains of helps he had rendered for benefit of another person in the past.

The APC Chief Campaigner making a veiled reference to Tinubu's contribution to emergence as President of Buhari who is from the north, said when one has done good to another It is desirable that he is in turn done good to by the person.

He stated: 'If you do me good, I will do you good and If you do good on the other side, we will do good on this side. Asiwaju (Tinubu) has done good. It is his turn; it is our turn."

In his own speech, national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Adamu canvassed votes for Tinubu saying his presidency will make Nigeria better.

Accompanied by First Lady Ambassador Olufolake AbdulRazaq, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq commended the people of the state for coming out in droves to welcome Tinubu and his entourage. 

"This huge crowd is a testament to our standing with the people of Kwara State. It shows that we have won this election. Our presidential candidate has seen what we have done in this state. Kwara is APC. Kwara indeed is one of the strongholds of the APC. Our members are happy. The state is happy. They have seen what we have done. We met a failed state in several sectors, and we have been able to tackle it from education, healthcare, and other sectors. All the indices have gone up in the right sense," he said.

"You need to continue to support this party at all levels. President Muhammadu Buhari has done well. We need to build on his success. No person could have done what he has done, despite the economic downturn, Covid-19 pandemic, and global economic crisis. We must sustain this growth consistently. That will be continued by our incoming team led by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 

"Party faithful, I urge you to support and vote for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The progress we have in this state will be continued with Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We thank him for the support he gave us in 2019. He gave us full support in throwing out the termites in this state. We still want to thank Mr. President, who is away in Mauritania. He couldn't be here but he will come back here. We appreciate his efforts and the support he has been giving this government for the progress of the state. You all know what we have been doing in this state from healthcare. Don't allow the party of people of dubious characters to come back into this state. Don't allow people who stole the UBEC funds to come back to this state. They could not even pay salaries. What are they coming to do?

"Just last month, we paid N3.5bn for pensions and gratuities of 2009 and 2010. When we came in, there was no water works working in this state. We have 90 waterworks in this state right from the time of Sir Ahmadu Bello. They crashed everything. In fact, they were not paying counterpart funds in the health sector. Nothing."

APC National Chairman Abdullahi Adamu said Kwara has proven to be a strong APC state with the showings posted for the rally.

"Kwarans, you have really surprised me. I have seen more than what I expected, and everyone has seen what Kwara has done today. You have said it laud and clear that you are better together. We pray and hope that this is translated to real vote on the 25th of February," he said.

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