The Social Democratic Party (SDP) House of Representatives candidate in Ibadan North East/ Ibadan South East federal constituency, Hon. Deji Aboderin, on Thursday accused suspected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) hoodlums of destroying all his campaign billboards in Ibadan.
Speaking with journalists, Hon Aboderin, declared that all his campaign billboards erected in Challenge, Gate opposite Civic centre and Iwo road areas of the federal constituency have been totally destroyed.
The SDP candidate alleged that the billboards were destroyed by suspected PDP hoodlums as a result of purported afraid of defeat, that is why his campaign billboards were being destroyed.
According to Hon Aboderin it will be wrong for certain individuals to allegedly sponsor political thugs to destroy his campaign billboards tasked security agencies to rise up to the occasion.
“All my campaign billboards have been destroyed by certain political party. There is one at a location, at the back of my billboard , that of the PDP candidate, Abass Adigun Agboworin, they did not touch it, but they destroyed my own billboard”, he said.
Hon Aboderin added, ” that is why I said it is being sponsored by a certain political party. That is why I said that the primary aim of any government is to protect the lives and property of the citizens. If they cannot do that, they should resign or we vote them out”.
“Why are they destroying my campaign billboards. It shown that they are afraid. People are now wiser. People are ready to vote for individuals and not political parties.”
He stressed further, “It is very wrong for someone to send political thugs to destroy my campaign billboards. I am calling on the security agencies to look into this”.