“I have done my flag off with my 28 children and four wives, who will vote for Tinubu and every other candidate of the APC.”
Mr Tinubu urged the people to be “wise and discerning” as they prepared to choose the country’s next president, in the 2023 general election.
Mr Akeredolu vowed to continue speaking up in defence of the people.
Mr Obi’s supporters had fixed Friday, October 1, 2022, for the rally to draw support for their preferred candidate.
“The APC has brought so much suffering to the people, and anybody with sympathy for the people must exit the party,” Mrs Adeyanju said.
Mr Akeredolu will be conferred Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) and the Deji of Akure with Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFR).
Yetunde Adeyanju, former commissioner of water resources and sanitation in the cabinet of Mr Akeredolu, recently defected to the PDP.
The protesters were joined by children and widows of late military officers who died in service fighting Boko Haram terrorists.
Police spokesperson in Bayelsa, Asinim Butswat, confirmed Mr Lyon’s arrest on Sunday, saying the suspect is currently in custody.
The notorious bandit leader, who had been terrorising Batsari town in Katsina, was killed on Friday.
