The Ondo Elite Group on Friday warned in opposition to makes an attempt to tamper with the political construction in Ondo State, stressing that it might have dire penalties for the occasion forward of the November 16 governorship election.
The socio-political group disclosed that rigidity is step by step brewing inside the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, resulting from a purported plot by sure factions to oust and exchange the present occasion management within the state to favour their most popular candidate within the upcoming ballot.
Whereas expressing its concern over the event, the group, in an announcement signed by its Common Secretary, Yemi Oladiran, urged the brand new governor of the state, Fortunate Ayedatiwa, to prioritise unity and inclusivity amongst occasion stakeholders.
The group, which cautioned in opposition to any interference within the inner affairs of the occasion, burdened that these scheming to dissolve the APC government lacked the ability to execute such a plot.
In response to Oladiran, such actions wouldn’t solely breed division inside the occasion but additionally undermine its probabilities of victory within the forthcoming governorship election.
He maintained {that a} repeat of the setbacks suffered by the occasion in Zamfara within the final normal election should be prevented in Ondo State.
The group additionally warned in opposition to making a disaster the place there’s none, urging the state governor to unite the occasion so as to not lose the state to the opposition Peoples Democratic Occasion, PDP, on the polls.
A part of the assertion reads: “Dissolving the state government of the occasion will negate the settlement Governor Fortunate Ayedatiwa signed with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu throughout the disaster that engulfed the state over the friction between late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and Ayedatiwa.
“What we’re guiding in opposition to is the repeat of what occurred in Zamfara and we can not enable this to occur in Ondo State as a result of we play the sport by the principles and guided by the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Nobody can truncate a transferring practice that’s transferring at a velocity of improvement, just like the one we’re having in Ondo. The understanding between the chief members of the Ondo APC and the federal government is cordial and we should always go into this election as one household.
“We’re pleased with the management of the state chairman, Ade Adetimehin. He has been capable of stabilise the occasion since he grew to become the chairman of the occasion.”