The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, has expressed confident that even with the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, the All Progressives Congress will win the state local government election.
Adelabu spoke shortly after meeting party leaders, state executive council members, as well as the chairmanship and councillorship candidates for the council poll at the State Party Secretariat, Oke Ado, Ibadan on Sunday.
The Minister opined that the party has agreed to participate in the council election either the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission deploys the use of BVAS or not because it would be difficult to manipulate the election in this social media age, according to the Independent.
He appealled to the party members in the state to remain united and focus so as to come out victorious in the coming election.
According to him, “ We also seized the opportunity to meet the party executive members and party leaders across the state and our candidates for the Chairmanship and Councillors positions for the coming local government elections in Oyo state.
“We discussed generally about progress of the party, now that the party has come together as one again. The party is back and we have what it takes to win any election in Oyo state today.
“We have agreed to go for the election. We will not abandone or boycott the election. BVAS or not, APC will win local government elections in Oyo state.
“This is the day of social media, no one can do any hankypanky. It must be a transparent and credible elections. People are out there, waiting for APC to come out and we shall win”.