Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday described Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Labour party and all other opposition parties participating in the forthcoming Osun governorship election as a mushroom group.
He made the comment while campaigning for Governor Adegboyega Oyetola at a mega rally in Osogbo.
Oyetola is seeking a second term of four years in Saturday’s July 16 governorship election in Osun state, the incumbent governor, is the flagbearer of the APC, while Ademola Adeleke is the candidate of the PDP.
Other candidates are Lasun Yusuf of Labour Party (LP), Akin Ogunbiyi of Accord, and Goke Omigbodun of Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The former governor of Lagos, described the PDP and LP as “mushroom parties”.
“PDP and mushroom parties. Like Labour party. They say they are labour, they will labour till death,” Tinubu said in Yoruba.
“God will not let you become labourers,” he told the crowd of supporters. “You will meet good fortune at home. The good fortune of money, children. You are next.”
“I ask you to please do the same thing you did in Ekiti. Come out with your PVCs and vote massively for APC,” he said.
“The voting is now in your hand. Be very vigilant. Be watchful. You will not do it in vain.
“Think about your children and vote accordingly so you can see the future. Come out en masse. Don’t mind PDP and other mushroom parties — parties like Labour; they will labour till they die. God will not make you labourers.
“You’re next. We will be here till tomorrow. We will come back here for victory dance. Look at the trajectory of our lives. We make promises and fulfil them. We are the ones upholding the party, the Buhari party. Don’t answer the naysayers.”
Asiwaju Tinubu attended the rally alongside Senate President, Ahmad Lawan and several APC Governors, including campaign lead, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.
Other Governors present at the rally include Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Babagana Zulum of Borno State and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State.
National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Adamu and the party’s Vice Presidential candidate, Kassim Shettima, were also present.
