Ondo 2020: Jegede Will Be Hard To Defeat, Akeredolu Admits

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By Kolawole Ojebisi

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has said his main political opponent, Eyitayo Jegede the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would be a tough but to crack in the October 10 governorship election.

Akeredolu admitted this while speaking with journalists at the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) after appearing before the APC primary election appeal committee in Abuja,.

The incumbent governor who described Jegede as a friend, said he would be glad if their campaigns would be issue-based and without violence.ondo governor rotimi akeredolu

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Akeredolu and Jegede are familiar rivals as the governor had defeated Jegede, who was also PDP’s candidate in the 2016 governorship election.

The election was keenly contested and even led to legal tussles that eventually favoured Akeredolu.

“Jegede is my friend. We are colleagues and both members of the inner bar,” Akeredolu said.

“I don’t have anything against him and I just pray that our campaign should be issue-based without violence. I am sure that he knows that it will not be easy for him.

“Yes, it may not be easy for me to win, but by His grace, I am going to win. I can assure that as it was in the beginning, so it shall be now and forevermore. We will win this election by the grace of God.”

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Asked if the defection of Agboola Ajayi, his deputy, to the PDP can affect his votes during the election, Akeredolu replied that Ajayi has no political influence and that he will even defeat him in his local government area.

Ajayi who boasted that he used his political clout to make Akeredolu governor had defected to the PDP in June; he contested the sole ticket meant for standardbearer of the party but lost to Jegede.

The Governor of Ondo Rotimi Akeredolu described Ajayi’s exit from the ruling party as “good riddance to bad rubbish”.

He said the APC had thought they could accommodate the deputy governor but he decided to return to where he “truly belongs”.

He said as a “big brother”, he would advise Ajayi to give all his support to Jegede since the former had boasted that he helped him (Akeredolu) to become governor in 2016.

“For me, the deputy leaving the APC to return to the PDP is good radiance to bad rubbish,” Akeredolu said.

“We thought we could accommodate him at the APC but since he returned to where he truly belongs, it is all well and good. I always wish people the best I can.

“From what I have been told, he has lost the ticket and I pray he won’t jump to another place but if he does, all well and good.

“However, for his own sake and as a big brother, I will advise him to stay with Jegede, support him very well.

“He has made a case that he helped me to win, let him help him to win and we will confirm that he is popular. What I know is that he is of no importance, he has no hold on any local government. I can assure you that come during the election, I will defeat him in his local government and he will never recover from it.”

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