PDP must win Osun State, says Saraki
By OakTV
04 September 2018 |
2:00 pm
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, to head the party’s 85-member campaign committee for the Osun State governorship election, and vowed not to allow the gubernatorial electio n scheduled for September 22, 2018, to be rigged by the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) the “way Ekiti State election was rigged.’’
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