South-West governors in the All Progressives Congress, former governors and ministers are expected to receive the APC party presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday.
The Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of the APC Presidential Campaign Council in Oyo State, Kehinde Olaosebikan, in a statement on Wednesday, said the rally will hold at the historic Mapo Hall.
The presidential rally, which was earlier scheduled to hold on February 7, was rescheduled to Thursday in solidarity with the masses over new naira notes and fuel scarcity, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.
According to Olaosebikan, the party presidential candidate would at the rally unfold his programmes for the state and Nigeria as a whole.
Olaosebikan noted that the APC National Chairman, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, would lead members of the National Working Committee of the party and other top chieftains of the party across Nigeria to the rally.
He said, “The state coordinator for the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Council, Sen. Teslim Folarin, and the Director-General, APC Campaign Council in Oyo State, Dr Isiaka Kolawole, are working to ensure that the rally is successful and the mother of all rallies.
“Top security arrangements have been put in place in and around the venue.“The arrangement will ensure maximum security of people and their property,” he said.
Olaosebikan also assured that human and vehicular movements would be as smooth as possible on all the streets to be visited by the campaign train.
Tinubu and Shettima would be received on arrival at the Alakia airport by the governors, ministers and other dignitaries led by Folarin, the APC governorship candidate in the state.
The campaign train would then proceed to the palace of Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Mohood Lekan Balogun.
Olaosebikan also said the presidential campaign motorcade would make a brief stop at Idi-Ape to commence a colourful procession to Mapo for the main event.
Music maestro, King Wasiu Ayinde K1, the sensational Fuji Merenge, Rasheed Ayinde, and other top musicians are also billed to serenade at the rally.
According to him, the rally will be attended by all party bigwigs in the country. In attendance also would be the immediate past Governor of Osun State, Alhaji Isiaka Oyetola.
Olaosebikan said that the Southern governors would be joined by their counterparts from Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); Nasir El- Rufai (Kaduna); Hope Uzodinma (Imo); Abdullahi Sule (Nassarawa); Sanni Bello (Niger) and others.
In addition, seven South-West ministers expected at the rally as Babatunde Fashola; Niyi Adebayo; Sen. Olorunnibe Mamora; Dr Olamilekan Adegbite; Ademola Adegoroye; Rauf Aregbesola and host Minister, Chief Sunday Dare
