{"id":173174,"date":"2025-08-09T12:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T11:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T12:29:16","slug":"bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp","title":{"rendered":"Bye-Election Advice: Vote Instead of Fighting PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has enjoined members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State not to engage in any form of fight with their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Adelabu who spoke on Friday, enjoined APC members to speak with their votes during the forthcoming bye-election in Ibadan North Federal Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The minister spoke during the flag-off of the campaign of the APC candidate, Adewale Olatunji.<\/p>\n<p>The event which was held at Bodija International Market, was attended by Akeem Adeyemi, Chief Wasiu Ajimobi, former Chairman of Oluyole local government area, Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, Akin Alabi and the APC chairman in the state, Alhaji Olayide Abas.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that the bye-election will take place on Saturday, 16th August, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The election follows the death of the last occupant of the seat, Hon. Musliudeen Olaide Akinremi, who died last year.<\/p>\n<p>Adelabu noted that the election is not just about the APC candidate but also about President Bola Tinubu and the Yoruba race.<\/p>\n<p>Adelabu while addressing the gathering explained that APC owns the local government area and the state at large.<\/p>\n<p>He described the election as strategic and important.<\/p>\n<p>Adelabu said, \u201cThis election is not just about Murphy, it is about Tinubu and the Yoruba. Let us all vote for continuity of the good work late Akinremi has done, let\u2019s vote for the APC candidate to uphold Akinremi\u2019s unprecedented strides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAPC owns Ibadan North, APC owns Oyo State and Nigeria at large. Don\u2019t fight PDP, speak with your votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has enjoined members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State not to engage in any form of fight with their counterparts in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Adelabu who spoke on Friday, enjoined APC members to speak with their votes during the forthcoming bye-election in Ibadan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[8320,34,254,65],"class_list":["post-173174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-adelabu","tag-apc","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bye-Election Advice: Vote Instead of Fighting PDP - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has enjoined members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State not to engage i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bye-Election Advice: Vote Instead of Fighting PDP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has enjoined members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Oyo State not to engage i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-09T11:10:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-09T12:29:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754730098.034538.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bye-Election Advice: Vote Instead of Fighting PDP\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-09T11:10:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-09T12:29:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1754730098.034538.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adelabu\",\"APC\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bye-election-advice-vote-instead-of-fighting-pdp\",\"name\":\"Bye-Election Advice: Vote Instead of Fighting PDP - 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