The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed April and November 2024 for the governorship primaries and the governorship election in the state respectively. To this end, all the political parties have been preparing for the exercises.
Aiyedatiwa, who is among the aspirants of the APC, said his predecessor, the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu had predicted that he (Aiyedatiwa) would become the next governor of the Sunshine State. He described his late boss as a prophet who foresaw him becoming the next governor.
The governor stated this at a meeting with the officials and the members of Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers in Akure on Saturday and it was contained in a statement issued by the LACO-FS State Director of Information, Mr. Kayode Fasua, on Sunday.
In the statement, Aiyedatiwa said, “My supporters should continue working and never doubt as my coming victory in the primary and general elections is the promise of God.”
He added, “This (my emergence as governor) is what my late boss, Governor Akeredolu wanted. A lot of people don’t really know Akeredolu, they don’t know that he was a prophet.
“There was a time after he (Akeredolu) returned from a medical vacation that he told the cabinet members during an executive council meeting that ‘Look, Aiyedatiwa will emerge as the next governor,”
The governor noted that his ambition to contest for governorship position was beyond the mandate of his joint ticket with the late Akeredolu but a sincere mission to transform Ondo State and uplift the standard of living of the people.
According to the statement, the LACO-FS Convener, Dr. Oladipupo Okeyomi, in his remarks, also disclosed that over 250,000 campaigners code-named ‘Foot Soldiers’ had been positioned across the 18 local government areas of Ondo State, to secure victory for Aiyedatiwa in the primary and the major election.
Similarly, the Director-General of the group, Mr. Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, said the group was set to tour all the local government areas starting from this week to mid-March, with Governor Aiyedatiwa leading in the campaigns.
The highlight of the occasion was the decoration of the governor as ‘Field Marshall ‘ of the LACO-FS, along with the unveiling of fez caps, aprons, t-shirts, and other campaign wears and tools.
