By Gbamosi Oladimeji
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has condemned the reports that he has been disqualified by the Governorship Election Screening Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This was made known in a statement released on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Oyewamide Ojo. The governor insisted that he was very much in the race.
He stressed that the claims that he had been screened out by the committee from participating in the APC governorship primary election scheduled for July 20 were untrue.
“It’s a ploy to distract you,” Governor Akeredolu was quoted as saying in the statement.
Akeredolu explained, “They are scavengers and will stop at nothing to sustain their trade of deceit. Ignore them, remain firm; be dedicated and be prayerful.”
The governor’s aide described the reports as another distraction unleashed with the aim of deceiving the unsuspecting public and diverting attention from the “self-imposed pains” on the part of the purported sponsors.
He added that it was obvious that the reports originated from those he said have chosen the perfidious political path, stressing that Governor Akeredolu would not just participate in the primary but would be “re-elected by the grace of God, come October 10, 2020.”
Ojo stated that the governor has appealed to all his supporters to ignore the rumour and dedicate the period to God for his continuous grace, favour, and protection.
