There are strong indications that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State may likely lose the upcoming gubernatorial election in the state which has been apparently scheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for November 16, 2024.
Party sources described Aiyedatiwa as a miser who is financially disinclined to seeing to the welfare of party members.
Piqued by what they described as an apolitical development, the sources who craved anonymity said should the Governor continue in that trend, he might lose to his close opposition.
One of the sources surreptitiously told Starnews NG that Aiyedatiwa’s financial approach had exacerbated the prevailing hardship biting all and sundry harder.
“In a situation where the Governor doesn’t care about the welfare of his party members, you know it is disheartening and heart-wrenching and such a person who is still looking for the favour of the electorate will surely lose gallantly,” he confided.
Moreover, Starnews NG gathered that a serving Senator from the State is making the move to scuttle the chances of the Governor due to his unbothered attitude. Similarly, it was learnt that two prominent governorship Aspirants in the last primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are working for the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Agboola Ajayi.
“Two candidates are working for Agbo because they are displeased with the outcome of the primary election, we all know what happened, and many party members are exhibiting eye service, so the election may not favour Aiyedatiwa”, another source familiar with the situation hinted.
In the same vein, some APC leaders who are expecting political appointments have also said that the governor is not trustworthy. One of them said, “he is busy appointing new defectors into positions at the detriment of many of us who sacrificed so much for the party”.
“How can we trust him? He had refused to fulfil his numerous promises to us. He keeps procrastinating his promises while he is busy spending and appointing newcomers who have no electoral value into positions.”
Reeling out other reasons why Aiyedatiwa may likely lose the election, the source said some loyalists of former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu are extremely scandalized by the attitudes of the Governor and have vowed not to work for the victory of the ruling APC in Ondo State.
“Akeredolu’s political loyalists won’t work for Aiyedatiwa. It will interest you that the governor is busy buying new defectors while core members of the party are hungry. I am telling you, many people are just playing eye service. A lot of our so called leaders are secretly holding meetings with Agboola Ajayi.
“Aiyedatiwa doesn’t care about party members and he is not appreciative considering the roles some of us played to ensure that Betty Akeredolu and others did not impeach him. Don’t you think he would be worse if he wins the election, especially since he can’t run for a second term? He only has a term to spend in office. So if he does not care about us at a time his fate is to be determined, he will not give a damn after winning the election because he has nothing to lose anymore.
”The governor will be disappointed if he fails to embrace and appreciate those that stood by him when many people deserted him. He already has many enemies within. Most of the reconciliation efforts are not fruitful. People are just pretending, majority of the aggrieved leaders and their loyalists are not working for his victory ”, the source concluded.
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