By Oluwakemi Ishola
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2019 election in Oyo State, Oloye Adebayo Adelabu has said that people of Ondo State rewarded the numerous achievements of the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s administration by re-electing him for a second time.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had yesterday announced Akeredolu of the APC as the winner of the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the Sunshine State, defeating the duo of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; Agboola Ajayi of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP and others.
Adelabu, in a congratulatory statement made available to journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, expressed gratitude to the people of the state for believing in Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his APC, saying that the governor’s re-election has shown that there is a lot to be gained when there is no division with APC.
According to the former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, who recently clocked 50, “I am happy with this result. It says a lot, our candidate scored 83 per cent
In the election. That means his achievements in the first four years are satisfactory. The people of Ondo deserve commendations .
“Apart from that, another major thing that has assisted us greatly is the new found unity within our party. We now understand what it means to go into a major election with a united house. I recall I was a member of the committee that screened and organized the primary that produced Governor Rotimi Akeredolu as our party candidate. Though it is normal for us to disagree during primaries, the way our people reconciled is unprecedented. It was quicker than we expected. And with the result, we saw that all our people delivered.
“Though the reconciliation has started in our dear Oyo State, there are things we can learn from the just concluded Ondo election. Let’s unite. We are better together. I know the national leadership of our party is doing well coupled with what we are doing at the state chapter, I like to urge us to be more united as we approach Ekiti and Osun election. I know what it means to be surrounded by APC neighbours,” he added.
