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Ahead of next month’s governorship election in Ondo state, certain All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains have declared support for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Benson Akingboye.
The chieftains operating under Ondo Patriots, Ondo APC Solidarity Group, Jagaban Coalition and APC Youth League, among others, disclosed their intention to back a rival candidate in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
The spokesperson of the groups and member of Ondo Patriots, Comrade Dele Oyewo, said the process that threw up Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as APC candidate was faulty.
The groups further maintained that Governor Aiyedatiwa despite appeals from concerned leaders in the APC has turned deaf ears to genuine reconciliation and integration of aggrieved members.
The statement reads: “In the spiritual realm, what Governor Aiyedatiwa displayed in May to emerge as the candidate of the APC is not only inimical, but a fulfillment of total darkness, squalor, poverty, and livelihood imbalance of Ondo State in near future.
“All these unfounded acts against the normal principle of nature by the present governor would hitherto, bring untold hardship on the citizens on daily basis.
“It is natural, unless this is quickly corrected by the people of the state themselves through their ballot on November 16, the state will be clouded with total darkness of hardship in a couple of years.
“The man Benzon Akingboye, having gone through the inventory of his life, most especially in the business space with some spiritual investigations over him, the state would experience a shining light over darkness, starting from February 2025.”
While declaring support for the SDP governorship candidate, the statement said: “In line with the basic principles of law of Karma, we the members of various APC groups in Ondo state led by Comrade Dele Oyewo of Ondo Patriots in conjunction with various other groups like, Ondo APC Solidarity Group, Jagaban Coalition and APC Youth League, we see the accidental endorsement of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as an aberration not only to the electoral law which stipulates free and fair primaries but also an insult and setback to the dignity of our nation, hence we reject his candidature in totality.
“We also use this medium to ask the general public to disregard propaganda and misinformation as regard purported defection of some SDP members to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This rumour is a blatant lie, a total joke manufactured by the PDP governors and wicked agenda.
“We boldly declare that SDP is the most popular party in Ondo state presently.. The party and its candidate is a better choice and will surely dismantle castles of lies being put together by the APC and the PDP.”
Speaking on the capacity of the SDP candidate, the groups noted that “With Benson Akingboye at the helm of affairs in Ondo State, we believe that he will turn things around. The revitalization of Oluwa Glass in Okitipupa and the Olosunta Oil Palm/industry, among others that are already moribund will come alive against all odds of incompetence and corruption as we have today.”
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