The claim by publisher and African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, that Igbokoda is in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State has caused a stir, with many questioning his knowledge of the geography of his home state.
On MondSoworeay October 5, a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 military aircraft crashed into a swamp in Igbokoda, Ilaje LGA of Ondo State, killing all 25 people on board.
In a post on X, Sowore, who hails from Ondo State, disclosed that he visited the crash site on Friday, four days after the accident.
“I took a Marine Police boat to the scene of the tragic Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft crash in Igbokoda, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State, to personally assess the situation,” Sowore posted on his verified X handle @sowore.
The post by Sowore, a native of Kiribo, in Ese-Odo which borders Ilaje LGA, caused a stir on the Internet as netizens questioned his knowledge of his native Ondo State.”
Responding, one X user @okorisag posted, “‘Igbokoda, Ese-Odo local government.’ A presidential candidate who isn’t familiar with his state and local government. Is Igbokoda not in Ilaje Local Government? This shows you aren’t a grassroots politician and are not really doing the necessary work to win, but are just enjoying the visibility that comes with contesting.”
Another X user @astracoth posted,
“He’s not even familiar with his own area LGAs but want to govern Nigeria.”
Yet another X user, @Piousab posted, “Disgraceful that a presidential candidate and acclaimed son of the soil does not know that Igbokoda is in Ilaje Local Govt and not Ese-Odo LGA. You are just a Content Creator/SUG President.”
@WF_Sunky posted, “Igbokoda is in Ilaje. It is Igbekebo that’s in Ese-Odo LGA.”
A chieftain of the National Democratic Party (NDC) accused the AAC presidential candidate of copying his own presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi.
He said, “This is what happens when you are not original, trying to copy others. Two days after the crash, Obi visited the Nigerian Air Force headquarters in Abuja, to condole with the NAF leadership and sign the condolence register.
“Not to be outdone, Sowore, who is from the same Ondo State, decides to raise the bar by visiting the site in a police marine boat. The same Police he has been calling ‘,useless’.
“Comically, Sowore posts that he visited the crash site in Igbokoda, Ese-Odo LGA, instead of Ilaje LGA. A man who studied Geography at the University of Lagos, yet doesn’t understand the geography of a twin LGA in his home state, is taking about leading Nigeria, a county of 774 LGAs,” declared the party chieftain, stressing, “this is a joke carried too far.”
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