Category: Politics

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja endorsed the candidacy of Rotimi Akeredolu for the Ondo State Governorship election slated for October 10. The National Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mai Mala Buni, confirmed the endorsement after he presented the candidate to the President at the State House. Speaking to State House […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has dismissed the allegation that its governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, is pursuing what is known as the Akure agenda. It said anybody making the allegation was attempting to localise a state issue. The PDP challenged any political opponents to state how Jegede campaigned with the Akure agenda […]

By Banji Ayoola Few hours after the winners who emerged from Saturday’s council election in Ondo State were sworn in, the Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation, EJCO, said that the poll was illegal. The organisation’s Head of Media Research, Mr Kayode Fasua, in an interview with The Radiance on Monday at his principal’s campaign office in […]

By Banji Ayoola Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has charged the newly elected council chairmen in Ondo State to get cracking on ensuring that he wins the October 10 governorship election. He asked them to immediately raise campaign committees to begin work at their respective councils once the campaign starts. He particularly asked them to work hard […]

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has appealed to the presidency to contain what it alleged as growing violence in Ondo state aftermath of the just concluded council poll and ahead of the October 10 governorship election. It said it petitioned the presidency through the security agencies. At a press conference on Monday […]

By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has listed what it called ‘sins’ of the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, that it believed would eventually give victory to its candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, in the October 10 governorship election. In a statement on […]

By Banji Ayoola The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as the overall winner of the council polls it conducted on Saturday. Its chairman, Prof Yomi Dinakin, who declared the results on Sunday at the commission’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital, said the party cleared all […]

By Banji Ayoola A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State and leader of the APC Unity Forum, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, has joined the campaign train of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, who is seeking a return for second term, signifying the collapse of the faction into the Akeredolu structure. The Forum, comprising most of the All […]

By Banji Ayoola A pressure group, Ondo State Council of Professionals, OSPC, said on Tuesday that it has uncovered an alleged plot to discredit the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the October 10 governorship election in the state, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN. It alleged in a statement by its coordinator, Mr Cornelius […]

By Banji Ayoola Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, , Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has named a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Gboluga Ikengboju as his running mate in the October 10 election. He announced this on Monday via his twitter handle saying: “In the task of rebuilding the […]