Ondo 2024: APC chieftain, Olatunji, urges Aiyedatiwa to shelve ambition

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo, Sola Olatunji has called on the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa to shelve his ambition of contesting the state governorship election coming up next year in order not to reduce the tenure of the Southern zone of the state.

Olatunji, who is from Erekiti in Okitipupa local government in a statement on Tuesday said if Aiyedatiwa contests and wins the next election, he will constitutionally not fit to contest for a second term, saying such a situation will prevent the zone from having its own eight years like other zones.

According to him, “There’s a clear difference between four and eight years. It is heartlessness and sheer wickedness for anyone to jeopardize the collective interest of Ondo South people for personal aggrandizement.

“That other zones (Central and North) have utilised their chances of Eight years each and it is the turn of the people of Ondo South to produce a Governor for Eight unbroken years to maximise our opportunity. Anything contrary to this will only yield protest votes from the people of Ondo South who will naturally feel marginalised.

“In the interest of the whole senatorial district and the Party, the Governor should shelve his ambition.

“That is to avoid a repeat of the Bayelsa episode in Ondo State, the Governor is requested to clear his name amidst the certificate scandal already in public domain.

“The Governor’s show of lack of empathy for his late boss while he was sick till his burial is a clear sign of treachery. Entrusting the ship of the state in the hands of such character poses a great threat to the sanity and moral standards of our State and Party.

“That Ondo Southerners are politically savvy people who will not sacrifice their collective interest on the altar of selfishness and ego”.