The Bible says in the book of Mark 3:5 that if a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Shortly after this announcement, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, also released the timetable and schedule of activities for the governorship elections. According to INEC, political parties must conduct their primary elections between July 2 and July 25, while public campaigns by various parties would begin on July 13, 2020, and end two days to the governorship election in the State.
On several occasions, the Members of the Unity Forum who are political gladiators in APC, have rejected out rightly the possibility of supporting Akeredolu for the second term, while the group itself, has continued to wax stronger in recent times. Governor Akeredolu on his part has also rejected any possible reconciliation with the Unity Forum. Recently, he openly drew a battle line with the Unity Forum and said, he has also prepared to fight them to a standstill.
The original trouble for the ruling APC in Ondo State is that governor Akeredolu will create a problem for the party if he is replaced by the leadership of the party, because he would ensure the defeat of the APC in Ondo State by using the power of incumbency.
There are two major lessons here: After the reign of Agagu from Ondo South, the PDP again gave its ticket to Olusola Oke of the then PDP from the same Ondo South, but he lost to former governor Mimiko who hails from the Central Senatorial District because the electorates didn’t vote for him. He lost to Mimiko even in his own Senatorial District because the electorates felt his party didn’t do the right thing to have returned the ticket to Ondo South after Agagu’s aborted second term.
Olumide, publisher of Starnews NG Online newspaper, is the special assistant, media and publicity, to Senator Nicholas Tofowomo.
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