The Segun Oni Campaign Organization has urged the leadership of the driver unions in Ekiti State to work hard and prevent their members from being recruited as political thugs during the June 18 governorship poll.
The Social Democratic Party’s campaign structure described commercial driving as a noble profession that should not be subjected to thuggery.
Oni said he is ready to work with the drivers to make Ekiti better if elected governor.
The former governor and the SDP candidate accused the two dominant parties of planning to unleash members of the driver unions on SDP, because of his soaring popularity in the state.
In a statement, in Ado Ekiti, on Wednesday, by the Director, Media and Publicity of the Campaign outfit, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, Oni said: “It will be recalled that the leadership of the driver unions have in the past two months made it mandatory for all the drivers to paste Biodun Oyebanji’s, the APC candidate big sticker on their vehicles as support.
“While at the same time forcing the drivers to pay sums ranging between N1,500 and N2,000; any driver who rebuffed are barred from operating their legitimate business.
“We are not saying people should not have sympathies for APC or PDP candidates, but they should not make SDP an enemy.Don’t allow any politician to recruit you as thugs to disrupt the coming election that Segun Oni will win with the support of Ekiti people, including the drivers”.
