By Banji Ayoola
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has expressed hope that he would be victorious at the ongoing primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to pick its candidate in the October 10 governorship election.
The governor who is seeking reelection for a second term, said he did not want to be involved in the complaints by some aspirants that they were shut out of the delegates list.
However, he said that delegates list existed since APC came into existence and is well-known to all party members.
He spoke before accreditation of delegates started this morning at the primary’s venue, The Dome, in Akure the state capital, few hours after four of the 11 aspirants contesting against him withdrew from the race.
They include Engineer Ife Oyedele, Chief Segun Abraham, Mr Jimi Odimayo and Mr Adojutelegan
He said: “I never wanted to be involved in all the complaints because I know that a farmer goes to farm with implements. The farmer only complains when he is not ready.
In the APC, we know those who have been delegates over the years since APC came to be. We all know who the delegates are. I know the God I serve, He will do me well and all plans will fall in place.”
On his own, another aspirant, Chief Olusola Oke, said more aspirants might still drop their aspiration, just as he commended the committee’s chairman, Governor Yahaya Bello for looking into some observations made.
Oke however desired a transparent process, saying “We cannot tolerate a situation where the APC will slide into opposition in Ondo State. If there is credible primary, any one of us that emerges from that process, will all rally round to sustain the hold of our party on the state and Nigeria.
“There will be fight and quarrel when people try to cut corners. My confidence will be determined by the process. We pray for what happened in 2016 not to happen now. In election matters, the more you look, the less you see.”
