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APC presidential rally grounds Ilorin as huge crowd welcomes Tinubu

Tinubu in Ilorin

Residents of Ilorin, Kwara State, lined up the streets of the city to usher in the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and other dignitaries to the state for the campaign rally.

The candidate, his running mate, Kashim Shettima, and party chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, arrived at the city in company with several APC leaders.

They were received by Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and a number of APC candidates and leaders across the state.

Security agents had tough time trying to clear the human traffic at the campaign rally

Tinubu waived the broom and danced to the different tunes of music crooned by supporters and admirers.

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Some of those who came to welcome Tinubu are Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, the three senators from Kwara and their colleagues from Kogi and other parts of Nigeria, cabinet members, APC candidates, and hundreds of party stalwarts — many donning the Emilokan cap, others adorned with the insignia of his cap.

The Nation reports that accompanied by a motorcade that stretched a few kilometres, the double-decker Marcopolo bus conveying Tinubu and the dignitaries got locked in a suffocating human traffic formed by thousands of supporters and admirers who lined the streets to the Emir’s Palace from the Ilorin International Airport.

The convoy headed first to Emir’s palace, spending over one hour between the airport and Gaa Odota — the neighborhood next to the airport.

The candidate and the entourage will go pay homage to the Emir and then head to the campaign ground where thousands of party supporters are waiting for speeches from the candidate and official handing over of flags to the candidates, including Governor AbdulRazaq who is running for second term on his sterling records of bringing governance closer to the grassroots, strengthening infrastructure, empowering women and young people, and for the first time creating a formal structure to cater for the poor and the vulnerable.