Akeredolu failed to be magnanimous in victory –Ayorinde

A former member of the House of Representatives representing Owo/Ose constituency in Ondo State,Mr Bode Ayorinde, has recounted how governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his ‘Aketi Team’ ‘practically’ chased him out of the APC.

In a statement on Sunday, Ayorinde explained that “You will recall that I, , was a frontline governorship aspirant in 2016 under the All Progressive Congress(APC). Eventually, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN (Aketi) won the election.

In a way, that momentarily put to rest my hope to govern Ondo State since we cannot all be governors at the same time.

Naturally, many hopes will definitely be subsumed with the success of one. In view of this reality, I moved very close to Aketi so as to join him to move Ondo State forward

Unfortunately, this gesture of mine, driven by noble intentions, were repelled and I was practically chased out of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by Aketi Team.

I visited Aketi four times to plead with him to be magnanimous in victory and tolerant of all of us that contested with him during the primary election.

I even wrote a letter to him, titled “For the Record”. All efforts to make him the Governor of all, in Ondo State rather than Governor of Aketi Team failed.

One thing led to another and God guided my footsteps to join the famous R-APC and eventually, I moved to PDP. ”