Tinubu ” Has Never Kept His Words” – Rotimi Akeredolu

Vanguard

ONE of the leading governorship aspirant of the
All Progressive Congress APC in Ondo state,
Chief Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday lashed the
national leader of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu
on his endorsement of an aspirant ahead of the
Primaries.
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and All Progressive
Congress APC in Ondo state, Chief Rotimi
Akeredolu
He pointedly said that with the action of Tinubu
he has lost his place as a national leader of the
party.
This coming as the National Executive
Committee NEC of the Party for second time
within a week again postponed the governorship
primaries in the state till September 3.
The governorship primaries was initially slated
for today but later shifted to Wednesday August
31 before the latest postponement by the NEC of
the party.
Akeredolu spoke in Akure during a personality
interview tagged ” Heart of the Matter” on Adaba
FM station.
Speaking during the radio programmee
monitored, Akeredolu declared that ”for the
national leader to have endorsed any candidate in
our party he has lost the place of National leader
of the party”
He regretted that Tinubu ” has never kept his
words”
The aspirants also denied that he was imposed
on other aspirants during the 2012 governorship
primaries in the state.
According to him ” I was endorsed by God in
2012 , not by Tinubu. All stakeholders decided I
should be the candidate.
Meanwhile, the party attributed the changes in
the dates to logistic problems but Vanguard
gathered that there are more to it than meet the
eyes.
Vanguard learnt that a high level politicking was
ongoing to douse the tension that had enveloped
the party in the last two weeks over the
endorsement of Dr Olusegun Abraham by the
national leader of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
A source hinted that consultation was ongoing
between Tinubu and many of the aspirants on
the need to support Abraham to fly the flag of
the Party in the November 26 governorship
election.
Over 3000 delegates across the 18 council areas
of the state are expected to elect one of the 25
aspirants contesting for the position.
Confirming the latest change in the date of the
primaries, the party’s Director of Media and
Publicity Steve Otaloro said the new date was at
the instance of the NEC of the state.
Otaloro pointed out that the change ” was still
part of the logistic problem the party is trying to
solve”
He declined further clarifications.
Meanwhile, the governorship aspirants have
expressed mixed feeling over the shift of the
primaries.
Speaking through their media aides , the
aspirants expressed surprise at the decision
which came few days to the election.
While Prof Ajayi Boroffice said the shift came as
a surprise, others such as Olusola Oke and Alhaji
Jamiu Ekungba said since it was the decision of
the NEC, they had no choice.
Boroffice spoke through his media aide kayode
Fakuyi,Okespokethrough Rotimi Ogunleye while
Ekungba spoke through Tunde Olowu.