Sources said the agreement reached with APC governors for Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to remain in office was for both Governor Godwin Obaseki and Akeredolu to get the party’s ticket. The source said Oshiomhole opted to work for Ondo State alone.
writes on the permutations and intrigues that gave Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu victory at the All Progressives Congress primary.
To ensure Akeredolu does not get the ticket, a former deputy governor of the State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, and Senator Ajayi Boroffice had put together what they called the Unity Group which later metamorphosed to the Unity Forum. The Senator Omogunwa-led committee was accused of being bribed and the Unity Forum broke apart when it unveiled Chief Oke as its consensus aspirant. Others interested in the race kicked against Oke’s emergence and went ahead to set up their campaign offices. Attempts to bring members of the forum together met a brick wall as Boroffice settled for Jimi Odimayo.
Otetubi said: “The time has come for us to end this exercise in futility and halt the needless distractions that we have given to the parent-body, APC.” “We should begin to discourage erecting pillars of enmity within our own party, APC. This will, without contention, be a gross disservice to the chapter.
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