Hon Alfred Agboola Ajayi
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi has commended the people of Ondo State for shunning the Local Government election held on Saturday.
Agboola described the local government election as a charade.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Babatope Okeowo, said the Deputy Governor was appalled by the high level of violence and brigandage that characterised an election that was conducted by the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) to usher in elected officials at the third tier of government.
The statement said the report available to the Deputy Governor showed that many people were injured in some Local Government areas while government functionaries in conjunction with security agencies were seeing carting away ballot papers.
“The Deputy Governor commended the good people of the state who saw through the facade called Local Government election and stayed away from it.
“From the charade held on Saturday, it is clear that the All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in Ondo State has lost the goodwill that brought it to office four years ago.
“It is also clear to all and sundry that the charade put up by the outgoing governor of Ondo State in the name of Local Government election which is a ploy to escape the people’s wrath for his poor governance in the state has failed,” the deputy Governor said.
Agboola therefore asked the people of Ondo State to get their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) ready in order to vote out this nepotic and underperforming government of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
He expressed confidence that the October 10 governorship election will be devoid of violence and will reflect the electoral wish of the people of Ondo State.
