Politics

A leading member of the Elders Council of Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) for Irele Local Government area of Ondo State, Barrister Victor Akinfe, has praised members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the area, for their abiding loyalty to the candidature of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Akinfe, at a meeting in his Ijagba countryhome to appraise the success of last Saturday's primary election, said from all indications, more people would defect from opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC, to boost the chances of Governor Aiyedatiwa in the November governorship election. "We can all see from the outcome of last Saturday's primary election in the APC, that the other aspirants were not on ground in Irele, including ...

By Marindoti Oludare The aftermath of the APC primary elections, which saw Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa affirm his position as the party's flag bearer, is a beautiful exercise in democracy. The first time in the state history when all party member are allowed to chose their flag bearer in a free and fair manner. The recent lawsuit filed by Olusola Oke, challenging the election's credibility, is not only regrettable but detracts from the democratic process that is fundamental to our political landscape. While it is understandable that Mr. Oke might feel disappointed by his shift from a frontrunner to a distant third in the race, his repeated electoral disappointments can be attributed to 2 major factors (1) he is just not “lucky” (2) he is strategically deficient. Attributing h...

Amid jubilations across Ondo State over the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) has expressed profuse gratitude to the people of the State. It, however, cautioned opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against playing "the role of a peeper and an interloper in the internal affairs of rival APC, through uninformed condemnation". State Director of Information of the LACO-FSIC, Mr. Kayode Fasua, in a statement in Akure on Monday, said the emergence of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the primary poll held between Saturday and Sunday, had lent credence to the general demand for continuity of the Aiyedatiwa-led...

Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo state, has clinched the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial ticket for the November 16 election. Usman Ododo, Kogi state governor and chairman of the election organising committee, declared Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the party’s primary in the early hours of Monday. Ododo said Aiyedatiwa secured 48,569 votes to defeat his closest challengers — Mayowa Akinfolarin who had 15,343 votes and Olusola Oke who polled 14,915 votes. Aiyedatiwa won in 16 of the 18 LGAs in the state while Oke won in Ilaje local government area. The election was cancelled in Ifedore LGA due to issues of violence. The primary election which many aspirants have said is full of irregularities.

The All Progressives Congress 2024 governorship primary committee in Ondo State has declared the Saturday primary inconclusive. This is contained in a statement by the chairman of the committee, Governor Usman Ododo, on Sunday morning. The statement said that a rerun election would take place in all 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government, with a total of 9,515 registered voters. Having received reports of the primary election from the 203 wards in the 18 local governments of Ondo State, the Primary Election Committee has decided that the election will be conducted in all 13 wards of Okitipupa Local Government, with a total of 9,515 registered members. “ We have validated reports that the exercise did not hold in the local government due to the late arrival of electoral materia...

In a show of solidarity and support ahead of the upcoming April 27 Local Government election in Oyo State, Senator Sharafadeen Alli (APC-Oyo South) has donated a total sum of N13 million to the party and its candidates. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Akeem Abas, Senator Alli's donation was aimed at enhancing the campaign efforts of the party and its candidates. The announcement of the donation was made during a meeting with the candidates at the party Secretariat in Ibadan, where Senator Alli reaffirmed his dedication to fostering unity and progress within the party. The significant contribution was distributed strategically to support the nine local government chairmanship candidates in Oyo South with N300,000 each, while the 99 councillors rece...

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Hon. Dare Aliu, has assured Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of block vote in the Akure axis in next month's primary election of the party. Aliu, who is Director on Diaspora Matters for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers (LACO-FS) gave the assurance in a statement issued on Sunday, after a mega rally by the organisation in Akure. In the statement issued through LACO-FS State Information Director, Mr. Kayode Fasua, Aliu noted that he and key figures of the APC had interfaced with political stakeholders in Akure South and Akure North federal constituency. He said they were impressed with enthusiasm shown towards the aspiration of the governor to continue for another four years. "Without equivocation...

Mainstream campaign group for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers (LACO-FS) at the weekend assured of even distribution of amenities and empowerment programmes across all communities. The group, in its campaign tour of five local government areas of the Southern senatorial district covering Ileoluji-Okeigbo, Irele, Okitipupa, Ilaje, and Ese-Odo, assured that no community would be isolated in the development programmes of Governor Aiyedatiwa. A statement issued by the State Director of Information for the LACO-FS, Mr. Kayode Fasua, quoted the group's Deputy Director-General for the Southern district, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan, as assuring communities in the zone of better days ahead. Igbasan, who is the state Commissioner...

Ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary in Ondo, Oladunni Odu, a former secretary to the state government (SSG) and aspirant, has collapsed her structure to support Jimoh Ibrahim. Mr Ibrahim is the senator representing Ondo South senatorial district and one of the APC governorship aspirants. The Independent National Electoral Commission directed political parties in the state to hold their primaries between April 6 and April 27. Ms Odu announced her plans during a meeting with her Iwajowa Political Group coordinators and some party chieftains in the South Senatorial District at the weekend in Okitipupa. One of the Odu group coordinators, Alaba Onayajo, confirmed this to journalists on Tuesday in Okitipupa. Mr Onayajo said the former SSG pledged to ...

The ranks of opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State further got depleted on Wednesday, when a former aide of ex-Governor Segun Mimiko, Hon. Dare Aliu, led over 1000 of his supporters to defect to ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Aliu, who was the chairman of Ondo State Advertisement and Signage Board during the PDP-led administration of Mimiko, was received by a tumultuous crowd at the APC party secretariat in Akure. While in PDP, he narrowly lost picking the party's House of Representatives ticket for the Akure North/South Federal Constituency election, in 2019. Giving reasons for quitting the PDP, Aliu said the party had derailed from its laid-down principles of internal democracy, and had been seriously fractured, especially at the Ondo State level. ...