By: Sa’ad Alaro, Ilorin
In preparation ahead of the much anticipated 2023 general elections, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Kwara State has released its campaign structure, naming many top party members, old and new on the list.
According to a publication on the National Pilot Newspaper sighted THE ELITES WATCH, a thoroughbred Politician and popular Social Media Influencer, Kayode Ogunlowo; a foremost Students leader and Communication expert, Azeez Adisa-Jaji; and a popular Author and Radio Analyst, Abdulateef Ishowo, and many other prominent politicians in the state were appointed into the PDP Unified campaign structuree in Kwara State.
Kayode Ogunlowo, a graduate of Economics at the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, is a thoroughbred Politician and popular Social Media Influencer who hail from Ajase-Ipo, a prominent town in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
He bagged a National Diploma certificate at the Federal Polytechnic Offa in 2003.
Ogunlowo’s political trajectory spans from the defunct ACN which collapsed to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) before his defection to the PDP in Kwara State. He was until his defection, an active member of the APC in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.
Kayode Ogunlowo was a two-term House of Assembly Aspirant under the banner of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He was also a Media Assistant to the incumbent Honorable Minister and Information and Culture for years.
THE ELITES WATCH reports that Ogunlowo alongside two other critics of the APC-led government in Kwara was charged to court and subsequently remanded at the Okekura correctional facility sometimes in 2021.
According to Ogunlowo during his official joining of the PDP, he cited instances of intimidation, harassment, and deprivation of equal rights as the reasons he dumped his former political party.
During his official decamping to the PDP, he cited instances of intimidation, harassment, and deprivation of equal rights in his former political party.
In 2021, THE ELITES WATCH reported that Ogunlowo alongside two other critics of the APC-led government in Kwara was charged to court and subsequently remanded at the Okekura correctional facility.
Kayode Ogunlowo is named as the Director of Communication and Publicity for the PDP/ Yaman/Makanjuola Campaign Council in the 2023 Gubernatorial election in Kwara State.
In a related development, a popular Author and Radio Analyst, Comrade Abdullateef Ishowo was named as Director of Media for the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Kwara state.
However, Comrade Abdullateef Ishowo took to his official Facebook page to make a statement about his appointment, “With this appointment, I’m now a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. This is evidently in line with my consistent association with the Sarakis and my fervent assurance to friends, associates and fans that whenever I decide to join politics properly, I shall not hesitate to make it public. And that I can’t just be neutral in ‘our’ affairs.
“Politics is too important to be left for miscreants; it produces leaders. This is where I belong and I shall continue to live to my resolution of being good wherever I exist or belong.Your humble boy needs your support and prayers, please. God bless Saraki! God bless PDP!! God bless Nigeria!!!,” Ishowo wrote.
In a related development, Azeez Adisa-Jaji, a former NAKSS President, and Communication expert hail from Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.
Jaji, as he is fondly called by his admirers, had served in different capacities. Aside from being a student leader with an excellent track record, he has headed a foremost Online Media Organization, The Informant247 for over 3 years.
He resigned as the Managing Director of a reputable media organization to join politics. He has received many media certifications which give credence to his strength and value.
Jaji has been named alongside hundreds of party members as a Member of the PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Council for the 2023 elections in Kwara State.