Ondo 2024: I Have Given Ajayi Winning Template I Used In Osun, Says Gov Adeleke

Ademola Adeleke, the governor of Osun State and the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) national campaign council for the Ondo State governorship race, claims to have provided Hon. Agboola Ajayi, the party’s candidate, with the campaign plan that helped him win in Osun State.

Adeleke said this during the inauguration of the state campaign council of the party in Akure, the state capital.

According to him, “Before we came to government, they said we could not perform in Osun State; go back to the state now. What the APC could not achieve in 12 years, we have achieved under one and half years which shows that we are more progressive than any other party in Nigeria.”

Adeleke also stated that the power to decide the outcome of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State rests solely with the people of Ondo. “The ultimate deciders of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo State are the people who will determine the electoral fate of the candidates vying for the governorship seat,” he said.

“There should be no thuggery. We will base our campaign on issues. The people will decide. Go back to your constituencies and preach the gospel of PDP to the people.

The governor, who asked members of the party to move from house to house to woo the electorate to the side of the candidate of the party, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, said that the party is the only progressive party in the country.

He said it is difficult to defeat an incumbent in Africa, especially Nigeria, but noted that many incumbents have been defeated in the country, including that of Osun State.

The governor declared that “the PDP remains the only party in Nigeria that has been wiping away tears from the faces of the masses, while its rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC), is a party that operates like a cultist group with a retrogressive and parochial agenda.

According to him, “the workings of the PDP government were opened to all and sundry in all the PDP states, where the masses have always been the top priority of the government, and stressed that the same thing would happen in Ondo State when PDP takes over Alagbaka as from February 2025.

He said that he has confidence that the Ondo State chapter of the PDP will triumph in the coming election and restated his confidence in the ability, experience, and pedigree of Ajayi to perform as governor.

According to him, “All we need is commitment to our goal, pursue our goals selflessly, and victory shall be ours.

“I tell you Imole (light) is here, and I am here to light my brother’s path to victory; I have told Governor Ayedatiwa that I am here in Ondo State to drive my party to victory and that Alagbaka is for PDP as from next year February.”

Responding, the governorship candidate, Agboola Ajayi, thanked Governor Adeleke for coming over to take charge of the responsibility of leading the direction of the state Campaign Council.

Ajayi assured that “Ondo PDP is determined more than ever before to take over Alagbaka next year and that no stone would be left unturned to bring victory for the Party.

He thanked all members of the National Campaign Council for finding time to be of the essence at this period as we prepare to take over government in Ondo State.

Ajayi said he was unperturbed by the defection of some members of the party to rival APC.

While agreeing with Governor Adeleke, the candidate said that “party leaders are necessary during the primary election of political parties, but the buck stops at the table of the electorate once candidates have emerged.