Why I picked Lucky Aiyedatiwa as running mate – Akeredolu

…Aiyedatiwa represented Ondo as Federal Commissioner on NDDC board from 2018-2019

Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has chosen Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa as his running mate for the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

He said the decision became very important following consultations with the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders.

Akeredolu revealed Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Wednesday while swearing-in Mssrs Idowu Otetubi and Summy-Smart Francis as the Commissioner for Natural Resources and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Entrepreneurship Development respectively.

He stated that Aiyedatiwa was who was a former Commissioner in the Niger Delta Development Commssion (NDDC) has credible credentials in the political arena and became an important choice.

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Akerdolu declared that, “The leaders of the party have made wide consultations to choose the most suitable candidate as running mate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. We have concluded that Mr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa is the appropriate choice given the prevailing circumstances in the political arena at present.

“This person has been with us since the beginning of this political journey in 2012. In arriving at this choice, some important factors assisted the leaders of this great party. We have decided to sever ties with mediocrity and treachery.

“There is indeed no art to find the mind’s construction in the face. We are also not in any position to change yesterday. We must, however, allow the experiences of the immediate past to guide our decision.

“A candidate with verifiable credentials and pedigree has been chosen to complete the last part of the gubernatorial race. We may not have a chosen a saint and the best but let it not be said that we, either wittingly or otherwise, settle for an avowed hater of human beings and good things, an enemy of his own people and a serial forger. We owe our people the duty of care in this regard.”