Kolawole Abiola, the eldest son of late businessman, Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola is not enjoying the needed support from his family ahead of the 2023 general election.
Abiola is the presidential candidate of the People’s Redemption Party, PRP but members of his family seem to have turned their back against his political ambition, instead, they have endorsed Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC as their preferred candidate.
The eldest son of Kudirat Abiola, Olalekan Abiola and the Director General of MKO Abiola Mandate Group, Babatunde Dokunmu, have publicly revealed that they are endorsing Tinubu and would mobilise for him to win the election because he represents the progressive tendencies that MKO Abiola stood and died for, adding that Tinubu is a visionary leader, who is competent and a philanthropist that performed excellently well when he was governor of Lagos State.
Olalekan added that it was his late father’s progressive tendencies that made him tag his campaign ‘Hope 93’ noting that it was thrilling that Tinubu dubbed his presidential campaign ‘Renewed Hope’.
According to him, the family had discussed with his father’s political structures, especially the MKO Abiola Mandate Group on mobilising its structures nationwide for Tinubu. He noted that when his father sought the presidency in 1993, Tinubu supported him and it was the former Lagos governor, who discussed with President Muhammadu Buhari on the need to immortalize their father, including declaring June 12 Democracy Day.
He made it known that the Yorubas stood and were united in their support for Abiola, asking that the same gesture should be extended to Tinubu as well. He added that the support for Tinubu should be so massive that no candidate should be able to garner 25 per cent votes in the Southwest.
The Director General of Abiola Mandate Group, Babatunde Dokunmu also promised that the group would work to ensure that Tinubu emerges as president of Nigeria. He disclosed that members of the group across the country have been directed to mobilize and vote for the APC chieftain.
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