Ogun PDP Candidate Says Voters Will Not Sell Their Votes for Money

(Yemi Sowunmi Kolapo. Photo by Nation News)

Yemi Sowunmi Kolapo, the PDP deputy governorship candidate in Ogun State for the 2027, says politicians who spend money to win people's votes are only wasting their money.

She says no amount of cash can buy the conscience of Ogun voters.

She spoke on Thursday while visiting a bereaved party supporter, Alhaja Kuburat Sowunmi, in Ijemo, Abeokuta.

Supporters came out to welcome her.

She said the ward to ward tour by the PDP has shown that voters will decide the election.

Yemi states that the ruling party has tried to make a fuss over the removal of some names by INEC, but the PDP is still pulling in thousands of defectors from the APC.

She said this shows the people will speak loudly at the polls.

She said Ladi Adebutu will be the next governor of Ogun State and that Senator Iyabo Obasanjo will return to the Senate.

According to reports she said that the party's other candidates will win.

She urged people who have not yet joined the PDP not to sell their heritage cheaply.

She said the PDP ticket of Adebutu and Kolapo stands for an Ogun for Ogun agenda, meaning the state's resources should benefit its own people.

Some residents at the gathering backed the ticket.

A pastor from Oke Ijemo, Caleb Alao, said the APC has ruined the good days of PDP rule in the state and that many PDP era schemes have been abandoned.

He said Adebutu has been helping market women and paying school fees for needy students long before the election.

A community women's leader, Folake Adeyemi, said Adebutu's foundation has supported widows and farmers.

She said rising costs of rice and school fees have made life hard and that the community wants a government that understands their pain.

A youth leader, Ahmed Ogunsola, said the APC has not given young people enough reason to vote for it again, pointing to a lack of jobs and support for small businesses.

Residents ended the meeting by promising to take the Ogun for Ogun message to every polling unit in Abeokuta South.