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By Shina Abubakar
The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday led the party’s governorship campaign council to Ile-Ife to kick-start its governorship campaign.
Aregbesola was received by a large crowd at the Ooni’s Palace in the company of the party’s governorship candidate, Najeem Salaam, and other party chieftains.
Addressing the officials led by the Lowa Adimula of Ifeland, Oba Adekola Adeyeye, Aregbesola said the choice of Ife for the take-off of the ADC campaign is symbolic and also historical.
His words were, “Ile-Ife remains our source. It has been about eight years since we last came here for this purpose. We came with the candidate of our former political party, and although the people of Ife stood solidly with us, God did not permit that opportunity to be fully utilised.
“Our tradition has always been to begin our political campaigns in Ile-Ife because
