… Lawmaker insists level playing field for all aspirants
Business mogul and lawmaker representing Ondo South senatorial district, Jimoh Ibrahim has declared that Ondo state’s party ticket for governorship election must be thrown open for all aspirants.
Mr Ibrahim, who is one of the aspirants of the All Peoples Congress in the November 16 governorship election made this known while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday, adding it is undemocratic to give the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa a chance of first refusal.
He asked, “What are you refusing? Was Asiwaju (President Bola Tinubu) given a chance of first refusal? What is democracy? It is democratisation.
Mr Ibrahim added that “If you are competent and you have your strategy, why are you afraid of competition? Go to the field. If you are elected, so be it.
Governor Aiyedatiwa, who was sworn in following the demise of late governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, declared his governorship bid on Tuesday, saying it was the wish of the late Akeredolu that he (Aiyedatiwa) succeeds him as the governor of the state.
Asked whether he is afraid of the incumbent governor, the lawmaker said, “How can I be afraid of Aiyedatiwa? With my Harvard strategy? My Harvard knowledge, how can I be afraid of Aiyedatiwa? Go and ask about me from (ex-governor Olusegun) Mimiko. Go and ask about me in the last PDP election in Ondo. Go and ask about how Akeredolu got his first term in Ondo, who was behind it in terms of mobilising and creating social awareness.
