A former Commissioner for Regional Integration in Osun State, Mr Bola Ilori, has hinted that the first shot of Mr Rotimi Akeredolu at Ondo state governorship, set back the National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu billions of naira.
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Akeredeolu was the governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in Ondo State 2013 governorship election, an ill-fated aspiration. His second attempt on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress did not enjoy the blessings of Tinubu during the party’s acrimonious primary.
However, the former president Nigerian Bar Association went on to emerge victorious overall. Following his alleged role allegedly culminating in APC’s dismal performance in the general election in Ondo, the governor was suspended by the National Working Committee of the party, a sanction his aide openly blamed on Tinubu.
Ilori, a former chairman of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos, who equally hails from Ondo, has weighed in on the matter saying Akeredolu was an ingrate in an interview with Punchng.com.
“There was a time we had a governor whose commissioner for information abused Tinubu, the governor sacked the man despite that he was not in the same party with Tinubu. But Akeredolu on whom this same Asiwaju spent billions of naira in 2012 is now blaming him for his woes. So, is this how to say thank you to such a person? He should check himself,” Ilori told the paper.
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