Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, says
defeating Eyitayo Jegede, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in
the October 10 governorship election may not be easy.
Akeredolu had defeated Jegede,
who was also PDP’s candidate in the 2016 governorship election.
Speaking with journalists at the
national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after appearing
before the APC primary election appeal committee in Abuja, Akeredolu, who
described Jegede as a friend, said he hopes that their campaigns would be
issue-based and without violence.
“Jegede is my friend. We are
colleagues and both members of the inner bar,” Akeredolu said.
“I don’t have anything against
him and I just pray that our campaign should be issue-based without violence. I
am sure that he knows that it will not be easy for him.
“Yes, it may not be easy for me
to win, but by His grace, I am going to win. I can assure that as it was in the
beginning, so it shall be now and forevermore. We will win this election by the
grace of God.”
Asked if the defection of Agboola
Ajayi, his deputy, to the PDP can affect his votes during the election,
Akeredolu replied that Ajayi has no political influence and that he will even
defeat him in his local government area.
Ajayi had defected to the PDP in
June and had contested for the position of the flagbearer of the party but lost
to Jegede.
Akeredolu described Ajayi’s exit
from the ruling party as “good riddance to bad rubbish”.
He said the APC had thought they
could accommodate the deputy governor but he decided to return to where he
“truly belongs”.
He said as a “big brother”, he
would advise Ajayi to give all his support to Jegede since the former had
boasted that he helped him (Akeredolu) to become governor in 2016.
“For me, the deputy leaving the
APC to return to the PDP is good radiance to bad rubbish,” Akeredolu said.
“We thought we could accommodate
him at the APC but since he returned to where he truly belongs, it is all well
and good. I always wish people the best I can.
“From what I have been told, he
has lost the ticket and I pray he won’t jump to another place but if he does,
all well and good.
“However, for his own sake and as
a big brother, I will advise him to stay with Jegede, support him very well.
“He has made a case that he
helped me to win, let him help him to win and we will confirm that he is
popular. What I know is that he is of no importance, he has no hold on any
local government. I can assure you that come during the election, I will defeat
him in his local government and he will never recover from it.”
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