By Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan
Oyo state governor-elect, Mr Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Monday said his victory at the Saturday’s poll was comparable to the success of the Agbekoya struggle of 1968.
Makinde who spoke during a press conference in his Ikolaba residence, also said the victory, just like the peasant revolt, clearly showed the people’s dogged determination in spite of spirited efforts to frustrate them.
Makinde while presenting his “Thank you address to the people of Oyo state” , at his Ikolaba, Ibadan residence, attended by the deputy governor-elect, Mr. Rauf Olaniyan, party leaders, some elected lawmakers and hundreds of party supporters, condemned what he described as needless bloodletting, maiming and killing of members of the opposition parties which led to the death of a federal lawmaker, Hon. Temitope Olatoye, describing it as ‘unfortunate dent on our democracy’.
He thanked former…
