By Seyi Babalola
Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have mobilized support for the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, ahead of the governorship primary election on April 25.
On Monday in Abuja, Olamide Oladiji, the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, announced their decision by escorting a group of twelve legislators to the All Progressives Congress Party’s national office. According to him, the legislators back the state’s continued APC-led government.
The President and Abdullahi Ganduje, the national chairman of the APC, were thanked by the Speaker for their prompt involvement in the political crisis that broke out in the state a few months ago.
He 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, that we are fully in support of the continuity of the 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.”
While fielding questions from journalists, Oladiji said they disagreed with the letter written by a few members of the House of Representatives to the President.
According to him: “In respect of the letter that a few members of the House of Representatives wrote to Mr. President, members here, we disagree with the letter. And because we are the honourable members, and we have about 15 of us here present, you know what it means. We are 22 APC members in the House of Assembly; we have 13 here now and another two are on their way coming, so that is about 15.”
Oladiji averred that the state under the leadership of Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been very peaceful, adding: “I want to believe that they have not been coming to Ondo State to come and witness what is going on there. They are permanently in Abuja here. We are the ones that are closer to the grassroots. We know what is going on in Ondo State.”
