Activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has lashed out at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State over what he described as a lack of performance on the part of the governor since succeeding the former governor of the state, late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
According to Sowore, who hails from Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state, Aiyedatiwa had been running the state with propaganda with no meaningful achievement on the ground in the state.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, disclosed that his younger brother, Allen Sowore, who is the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Strategic Media, is also part of those involved in the propaganda.
While expressing dismay over the situation of things in the state, Sowore, who spoke during an interview on a television station, maintained that the state deserved better.
“I have a very sad story to tell about my state, Ondo State. Before the current governor (Lucky Aiyedatiwa) came and won his last election or selection, we were the ones who fought the former governor (Oluwarotimi Akeredolu), who is now late, when his family tried to hijack power. The expectation was that the new governor, who was then the acting governor, would hit the ground running.
“The case we have now is that Ondo State is just in a state of motion without movement. There are over 55 police stations in Ondo State, I think, and most of them don’t even have patrol vehicles.
“The criminals in Ondo State are operating in places they know there are no access roads and it is very easy for criminals to get away since there is no way to pursue or stop them.
“What Ondo State needs to do is not what the governor is doing. We should not be discussing bursaries in 2025. Ondo State’s industry is education. Talking about a bursary as if you are doing anybody a favour. Ondo State should be offering free education, not a bursary.
Sowore further stressed that “I attended a community high school in my village, Kiribo. Go and ask how many teachers they have and who is paying them. I’m still paying teachers in Ondo State, in my secondary school.
“They have abandoned all the schools; there is nothing to be proud of. My younger brother is part of the propaganda going on in Ondo State. I’m surprised that they didn’t even bring my younger brother to come and meet me here.
“Tell yourselves the truth; you are not doing well. We cannot have an Ondo State where people are getting kidnapped during the daytime. There are no access roads; even when they try to do it, they do a little bit, and the rest is more propaganda. There is nobody who is going to eat propaganda in the state. “