- By Femi Alabi
The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said that he will be contesting the All Progressives Congress APC primary in April this year.
He said that he is constitutionally empowered by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to run for another term as Ondo state governor.
Aiyedatiwa stated this and many more on a Television News programme in Lagos yesterday night monitored by NPO Reports .
He said, “Definitely, I will be running and don’t forget that I am already a sitting governor and nobody wants to be governor for one year, give me what the constitution allows me to do, at least let me have a chance for running for one more term.
The governor when asked if he ever reconciled with Akeredolu before he died denied having crisis with the late governor.
He said”I never had issues with my Governor, there was no time we had a face off, no time that we had an issue that demanded that I have to make up with him. All that was pushed out that time were purely political, It was all falsehood and insinuation.
“It was because election was coming and because the Governor was very sick and there were a lot of intrigues driven by ambition from few people who knew there was going to be a transition very soon, because the governor was very sick and I have all the advantages being the Deputy Governor.”
When asked about the open letter written to President Tinubu expressing Aiyedatiwa disregard for party hierarchy and other allegations by 5 out of the 8 House of Representatives members from Ondo State.
He said,” That is just an opinion of some people, that are so driven by ambition.
“If you look at the profile of those five members of the House of Representatives, they have their individual aspirants they are supporting towards the election.
“One of them is actually an aspirant, what do you expect from an aspirant? He wants to say something to demarket somebody who is having a great advantage; one other one is a Director General of campaign to an aspirant.
“All of them have their own ambition who they want to be governor. That is an unprogressive position and the party has actually responded that there was no crisis in the party, that their are not at loggerheads with me.