Besides coming from the same region, the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa , and Agboola Ajayi have other striking similarities that will be difficult to choose between at the polls, ADEWALE MOMOH reports.
While PDP had a hitch-free indirect primary, APC adopted a direct mode and was enmeshed in controversies following a series of protests and condemnations of the process. Other parties adopted the consensus mode of primary. The two former deputies who were at different times politically close to Akeredolu during their trials, were alleged of possessing unverifiable academic credentials, a development that had since been laid to rest.
Besides, incumbency is another major factor in winning elections in Nigeria because of the government resources at the disposal of the governor, but it can also be a liability because the coming election will be a referendum on Aiyedatiwa’s achievements in office. He still has five months to convince the electorates of what he can do differently and better to deliver dividends of democracy to the people of Ondo State who have been yearning for good governance.
Aiyedatiwa on his part stated that, “now, more than ever before, the greatness of Ondo State is what matters most. I therefore request that we all join hands together in building the future that we all yearn for in the state. To them, the shadow election was characterised by violence, manipulations, and absence of election in some of the 203 wards across the state. They are insisting that the primary should be cancelled for a better, fair and transparent one.
Others are, the immediate past finance commissioner in the state, Wale Akinterinwa; Prof. Francis Faduyile, Olugbenga Edema, Olamide Ohunyeye, Morayo Lebi, Oladiran Iyantan, and Ifeoluwa Oyedele, as well as two female aspirants, Funmilayo Adekojo and Funke Omogoroye. “My own term for the direct primary adopted in Ondo State is “sudden death.” In a proper democratic setting, the best and most loved aspirant within the party should emerge as the candidate. I believe the risk was not worth taking in the state, and that was why everything was done to give the ticket to the governor. But my concern is that the abnormalities were just too glaring and obvious.
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