Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s governorship ambition received a major boost on Monday when 13 thirteen members of the Ondo State House of Assembly declared their support for him.
The Ondo State House of Assembly members led by the Speaker, Hon. Olamide Oladiji threw their weight behind the governor ahead of the April 25 governorship primary election.
Oladiji made this known on Monday in Abuja when he led other members to the National secretariat of the All Progressives Congress Party (APC).
He stated categorically that the lawmakers are in support of continuity of an APC-led government in the state.
The Speaker noted: “We are here also to tell him (Tinubu) that as far as we are concerned, those of us around amongst our members and those that are on their way, we are fully in support of continuity of APC-led government.
“We are in support of continuity. We want APC to continue with the governments of Ondo State. We believe it will work out and we are giving them 100 per cent assurance that the primary elections will be peaceful.”
On Aiyedatiwa being tagged a betrayal to Akeredolu’s family, Oladiji noted that aspirants should maintain decency while campaigning.
His words: “As far as I’m concerned, I don’t want to join issues with all the aspirants, I’m not an aspirant. I’m a legislator but as far as I’m concerned, the issue of betrayal does not come in.
“We lost the late governor to death. The constitution is very clear that when a sitting Governor dies, you know, the deputy governor will have to take over. So I do believe that the issue of betrayal does not come into this issue. It’s just the issue of nature. None of us can predict when God will take our life.
“And as far as the aspirants are concerned, my own advice as Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly is that we should not hit the polity. You should try as much as possible to play the politics with all decorum in such a way that we don’t have any other state to go to.
“We should try as much as possible to maintain decency while we are campaigning. It’s within the party, it’s within our party. We must not allow another political party to snatch this power from us.”