Why we withdrew support for Aiyedatiwa – Ondo Patriots

A section of All Progressives Congress (APC) youths under the aegis of Ondo Patriots have offered an insight as to why they would not cast their ballots for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the Ondo State governorship poll billed to be held on Saturday next week.

Led by Comrade Dele Oyewo, the youths, in an open letter to the APC national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, dated 6th of this month, adduced the controversial governorship primaries won by Governor Aiyedatiwa as reasons for their decision not to support him at the poll.

The group that endorsed Otunba Benson Akingboye of the Social Democratic Party as their preferred choice claimed that the “do or die primary” conducted by Gov. Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State on the instruction of Aiyedatiwa is not only inimical but detrimental to the fortune of the people of the state, according to the natural laws guiding existence.

The group wondered why the Ganduje-led leadership of the party is not in any way concerned about the wellbeing of citizens of Ondo State but rather prefers Aiyedatiwa over any form of resulting consequences.

“The voices of people in Ondo State appendages of the APC hereby condemn what it described as derailment and gross misconduct against the party ethics in line with the choice of Gov. Aiyedatiwa if truly we are different from PDP and that we do to the latter what we preached before the 2015 general elections,” they noted.

“Having gone through credentials in terms of Karma status in the spiritual realm that will not spell doom for our dear state of all the major contenders for the forthcoming governorship election in our dear state, we, the major APC groups in Ondo State, have decided to pick Otunba Benson Akingboye of the Social Democratic Party as our choice.

“However, silent mobilisation has been ongoing but we decided this time to inform our party because of the myriad of I don’t care attitude that the APC leadership in Abuja have been displaying to matters like this that concern the youth of Ondo State long before.

“We cannot continue to die in silence and showcase total loyalty to the destiny wasters in our state.

“Otunba Benson Akingboye is more or less an APC family whose track and philosophy are similar to that of our dear President Tinubu. He had on various platforms recognised His excellency, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the epitome of modern politics that Nigeria can have.

“If truly the party leadership is concerned about the great future of our dear party and the good people of Ondo State, it will see this write-up as a clarion call rather than an attack on the party.

“We are monitoring all the activities very closely from all quarters. We pray that in a bid to favor gov Aiyedatiwa, some people will not set Ondo State on fire.

“Meanwhile what would eventually remove Gov Aiyedatiwa from office is already cooking even when he is forcefully declared as the winner of the election. We have told our people not to waste their precious votes.”