A former Commissioner for Information in Ondo State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Banji Ayiloge, has once again bashed the first family in Ondo State as he declared that the executive governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has relinquished governance to his wife.
He made this known in an interview with PUNCH.
The embattled APC member, who is also eyeing the governor’s seat, insisted that unlike himself, Akeredolu is not a registered member of APC , which is an illegality on its own.
“As of today, even the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is not a registered member of the APC in Ondo State, though he won the last governorship election on the platform of the party. There are two reasons for this: he defected to the Action Alliance. That’s his party and that was why he was suspended from the APC. Then he imposed his team known as ‘Team Aketi’ (on the people). There was no meeting anywhere in the state and the people we have in the state as APC members are those people who were with him during the election. They are only masquerading as APC members in Ondo State. These people form only about 25 per cent of the members of the party in the state, while our group, Unity Forum, makes up about 75 per cent of the members of the party. I am a member of that forum,” he said.
Ayiloge also described the governor as the worst ever to lead Ondo State as his only achievement so far is an uncompleted flyover bridge in Ore.
“I thought the former governor, Olusegun Mimiko, was lousy but when you compare him with Akeredolu, you will want to commend Mimiko. The Office of the First Lady was created and the First Lady behaves like she is the governor while the governor goes about doing nothing,” he said.
The party chieftain claimed he’s a leading contender to be the next governor of the state next year.
“By the grace of God, if election is held today, I am sure I will defeat Akeredolu”.
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