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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by MrCounselor: 3:52am On Sep 04, 2016
congrats
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by kahal29: 4:11am On Sep 04, 2016
bayooooooo:


Often, many confuse primary with general election. If Aketi doesn't manage well the fallout of his victory, he will lose the general election.

1. I don't see Aketi winning Ondo Central which has the chunks of the votes. Mimiko is from Ondo town and will do everything possible to win the town with a reasonable margin. With Eyitayo being from Akure, Mimiko will also win the capital city. Even recently, Akeredolu gave an interesting interview where he claimed Akure people are minority in Akure. Can you imagine? He is not even planning to win the town. In a free and fair election, I don't see APC winning Ondo central with the two key towns firmly in the hands of PDP.

2. Aketi is from Ondo North which is where the Akokos are. Infact, had Boroffice (471) and Abraham(635) worked together, they would have defeated Aketi(669). Even though he won, Aketi doesn't look, to me, as being in control of APC machinery in Ondo North. He still needs Boroffice and Abraham to work with him. Now that's where it gets interesting because all the three: Aketi, Abraham and Borrofice are in a way allies of Tinubu. I have a feeling that apart from Buhari, the only person who can actually bring the three together to work in harmony is Tinubu. The margin of Aketi's victory is so small that the machinery of his government can actually be controlled by the so called losers. And that's the nature of politics. If they work together, APC will win Ondo North in a landslide. Otherwise, it's all over for Aketi.

3. All things being equal, Ondo South is where the election will be won or lost. Since both Boroffice who is already a senator and Abraham are from Ondo North, the same senatorial district as Aketi, I don't see them being running mates. And it will be a monumental strategic mistake to choose a running mate from Ondo Central. Would Tinubu tie his support of rallying Abraham and Boroffice for the candidate to choosing the running mate? And would the running mate be Akintelure or Olusola Oke, both politically toxic picks for Aketi? If he doesn't grant enough concessions, he stands the risk of losing the election. If he grants too much, he will win but government machinery will not be in his hands.

I think APC needs to rewrite its primary rules such that top three candidates should advance until a candidate wins 50% of the entire delegates.


I am not from Ondo but seems you are very grounded in the politics there going from your analysis. Have a question for you..... Who do you think should have won the primaries and Why?

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by agabusta: 4:34am On Sep 04, 2016
bayooooooo:


Often, many confuse primary with general election. If Aketi doesn't manage well the fallout of his victory, he will lose the general election.

1. I don't see Aketi winning Ondo Central which has the chunks of the votes. Mimiko is from Ondo town and will do everything possible to win the town with a reasonable margin. With Eyitayo being from Akure, Mimiko will also win the capital city. Even recently, Akeredolu gave an interesting interview where he claimed Akure people are minority in Akure. Can you imagine? He is not even planning to win the town. In a free and fair election, I don't see APC winning Ondo central with the two key towns firmly in the hands of PDP.

2. Aketi is from Ondo North which is where the Akokos are. Infact, had Boroffice (471) and Abraham(635) worked together, they would have defeated Aketi(669). Even though he won, Aketi doesn't look, to me, as being in control of APC machinery in Ondo North. He still needs Boroffice and Abraham to work with him. Now that's where it gets interesting because all the three: Aketi, Abraham and Borrofice are in a way allies of Tinubu. I have a feeling that apart from Buhari, the only person who can actually bring the three together to work in harmony is Tinubu. The margin of Aketi's victory is so small that the machinery of his government can actually be controlled by the so called losers. And that's the nature of politics. If they work together, APC will win Ondo North in a landslide. Otherwise, it's all over for Aketi.

3. All things being equal, Ondo South is where the election will be won or lost. Since both Boroffice who is already a senator and Abraham are from Ondo North, the same senatorial district as Aketi, I don't see them being running mates. And it will be a monumental strategic mistake to choose a running mate from Ondo Central. Would Tinubu tie his support of rallying Abraham and Boroffice for the candidate to choosing the running mate? And would the running mate be Akintelure or Olusola Oke, both politically toxic picks for Aketi? If he doesn't grant enough concessions, he stands the risk of losing the election. If he grants too much, he will win but government machinery will not be in his hands.

I think APC needs to rewrite its primary rules such that top three candidates should advance until a candidate wins 50% of the entire delegates.


Owo where Aketi comes from is Central Senatorial District.
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Nobody: 4:45am On Sep 04, 2016
kahal29:


I am not from Ondo but seems you are very grounded in the politics there going from your analysis. Have a question for you..... Who do you think should have won the primaries and Why?

I think Boroffice would have been the best choice. He is actually the only one who has contested and won election twice. Even from the results, one can see that if Tinubu withdrew its support from Abraham, he(Boroffice) would have, on the strength of Ondo North delegates alone, won the primary. Besides, he has the qualifications and he actually left Mimiko when ACN was not even in power or in a position to win. I am actually at loss why Tinubu did not support him in the primary.

From my own perspective, Aketi won on the strength of Ondo Central delegates but he can't win the senatorial district in general election. Olusola Oke won Ondo South delegates overwhelmingly but there would be clashes between him and Aketi if he manages to emerge as running mate.

These are my projections:

1. Boroffice will retain his senate seat but also nominate commissioners from parts of Akoko.
2. Aketi would promise Olusola Oke SSG or a position where Aketi can fire him if his stature begins to grow too much. But it would be a mistake to choose him as a running mate.
3. What happens to Abraham and Tinubu interests? Give them some commissioner slots and the running mate on one condition that Akintelure is not chosen. Tinubu will get Abraham a federal appointment somewhere and possibly fix Akintelure somewhere too. He will also nominate the running mate from Ondo South.
4. He needs to promise Tayo Alasoadura a commissioner slot and a support for his return to senate in 2019
5.Other interests that actually worked for him from Ondo Central can be pacified with either commissioner slots or board appointments.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Nobody: 4:59am On Sep 04, 2016
agabusta:


Owo where Aketi comes from is Central Senatorial District.

That's not true.

Ondo North has the following local governments:
1. Akoko North-East
2. Akoko North-West
3. Akoko South-East
4. Akoko South-West
5. Owo
6. Ose

Ondo Central
1. Akure South
2. Akure North
3. Ondo East
4. Ondo West
5. Ifedore
6. Idanre

Ondo South
1. IleOluji/Oke Igbo
2. Odigbo
3. Irele
4. Ilaje
5. Okitipupa
6. Ese odo

Ondo has eighteen (18) local governments, three senatorial districts with each having six local governments.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by omolayomi06: 5:11am On Sep 04, 2016
ukyeyibio:


See more information here:
https://ukeyibio..com.ng/2016/09/rotimi-akeredolu-emerges-as-apc.html?m=1

cc:Lalasticlala, OMA4J, Mynd44
baba oni irugbon funfun bet it with me you will loose gallantly again. I know for sure eyitayo is our man.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Nobody: 5:16am On Sep 04, 2016
Ayento:
Aketi u ar d man wishing u success. This is just d step 1. D real challenge is on ya way stay focused. coolAketi u ar d man wishing u success. This is just d step 1. D real challenge is on ya way stay focused.
i live here we don't really like this man emerging from them.but now that they have choose him people is voting eyitayo of pdp as the governor

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by kahal29: 5:32am On Sep 04, 2016
bayooooooo:


I think Boroffice would have been the best choice. He is actually the only one who has contested and won election twice. Even from the results, one can see that if Tinubu withdrew its support from Abraham, he(Boroffice) would have, on the strength of Ondo North delegates alone, won the primary. Besides, he has the qualifications and he actually left Mimiko when ACN was not even in power or in a position to win. I am actually at loss why Tinubu did not support him in the primary.

From my own perspective, Aketi won on the strength of Ondo Central delegates but he can't win the senatorial district in general election. Olusola Oke won Ondo South delegates overwhelmingly but there would be clashes between him and Aketi if he manages to emerge as running mate.

These are my projections:

1. Boroffice will retain his senate seat but also nominate commissioners from parts of Akoko.
2. Aketi would promise Olusola Oke SSG or a position where Aketi can fire him if his stature begins to grow too much. But it would be a mistake to choose him as a running mate.
3. What happens to Abraham and Tinubu interests? Give them some commissioner slots and the running mate on one condition that Akintelure is not chosen. Tinubu will get Abraham a federal appointment somewhere and possibly fix Akintelure somewhere too. He will also nominate the running mate from Ondo South.
4. He needs to promise Tayo Alasoadura a commissioner slot and a support for his return to senate in 2019
5.Other interests that actually worked for him from Ondo Central can be pacified with either commissioner slots or board appointments.



Good analysis. Borrofice has nothing to loose given the fact that his senate seat is still intact. I think Aketi is good, people know him and he is nobody's boy..... If Abraham had won people would see him as Tinubu's puppet and Mimiko would have used that to campaign against him. What do you think?

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by theophorus(m): 5:38am On Sep 04, 2016
...I think On do people would never make the same mistake they made in 2012...

They will not vote another PDP governor considering what they went through in the hand of Mimiko...

And the Interest of Federal will make several person support APC.


#MyOpinion.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by emi14: 5:40am On Sep 04, 2016
Please Mr Sahara reporter who is Rotimi Akeredolu.
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by henryadex(m): 5:40am On Sep 04, 2016
WE DONT WANT ALL THESE GREY HAIRED GREY BRAINED CORRUPT EGOCENTRIC POLITICIAN AS LEADERS ANY MORE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER US

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by cardoctor(m): 5:46am On Sep 04, 2016
Second time around.
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Caseless: 5:56am On Sep 04, 2016
I've seen this man do certain things in opposition, and feel he deserves to win despite Tinubu's endorsement- in fact he was everywhere with Buhari before election. But my encounter with people from Ondo shows he's not the best candidate.


Sai akeredolu though...

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Nobody: 5:58am On Sep 04, 2016
kahal29:


Good analysis. Borrofice has nothing to loose given the fact that his senate seat is still intact. I think Aketi is good, people know him and he is nobody's boy..... If Abraham had won people would see him as Tinubu's puppet and Mimiko would have used that to campaign against him. What do you think?

My attitude is no politician is completely independent. Also, we have seen several instances of political godsons turning against their fathers. Even Mimiko also turned against Tinubu who at some point helped him. God fatherism is an inherent part of politics and as long as politics is driven by interests, endorsement by powerful politicians would also be there. What's important is not who is nominating but if others have opportunity to compete in a free and fair process. In this regard, APC has done well. I think the primary was largely free and fair.

My problem with Abraham stems from the fact that I don't really know much about him, not that he was endorsed by Tinubu. I know Boroffice is a professor who has worked at both the federal and state levels. Akeredolu's track record in the legal field speaks for itself. Ditto for Olusola Oke. But for some reason, I don't even know where Abraham got his first degree. That's the problem I have with its candidacy, scarcity of facts about him.

Performance in Nigeria has little to do with God fatherism but a lot to do with funds available to work. Put Fayose in Lagos, he will also be a superstar as long as there is money to pay salary and do some infrastructural works. And if you put Fasola or Ambode in Ekiti, as long as there is no money, there is no magic. Really, I don't rate Nigerian governors.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Taryur3(m): 6:12am On Sep 04, 2016
Am seeing Aketi re uniting with Bola Tinubu...I dnt want neither APC nor PDP to win.I think Oke should have come from another Party he would av been an automatic choice for the people.
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Barayeks(m): 6:14am On Sep 04, 2016
Wasted time and effort
He knows damn well APC won't win the election
I guess he's just looking for compensatory appointment from the federal government

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Babatundecash(m): 6:22am On Sep 04, 2016
bayooooooo:


Often, many confuse primary with general election. If Aketi doesn't manage well the fallout of his victory, he will lose the general election.

1. I don't see Aketi winning Ondo Central which has the chunks of the votes. Mimiko is from Ondo town and will do everything possible to win the town with a reasonable margin. With Eyitayo being from Akure, Mimiko will also win the capital city. Even recently, Akeredolu gave an interesting interview where he claimed Akure people are minority in Akure. Can you imagine? He is not even planning to win the town. In a free and fair election, I don't see APC winning Ondo central with the two key towns firmly in the hands of PDP.

2. Aketi is from Ondo North which is where the Akokos are. Infact, had Boroffice (471) and Abraham(635) worked together, they would have defeated Aketi(669). Even though he won, Aketi doesn't look, to me, as being in control of APC machinery in Ondo North. He still needs Boroffice and Abraham to work with him. Now that's where it gets interesting because all the three: Aketi, Abraham and Borrofice are in a way allies of Tinubu. I have a feeling that apart from Buhari, the only person who can actually bring the three together to work in harmony is Tinubu. The margin of Aketi's victory is so small that the machinery of his government can actually be controlled by the so called losers. And that's the nature of politics. If they work together, APC will win Ondo North in a landslide. Otherwise, it's all over for Aketi.

3. All things being equal, Ondo South is where the election will be won or lost. Since both Boroffice who is already a senator and Abraham are from Ondo North, the same senatorial district as Aketi, I don't see them being running mates. And it will be a monumental strategic mistake to choose a running mate from Ondo Central. Would Tinubu tie his support of rallying Abraham and Boroffice for the candidate to choosing the running mate? And would the running mate be Akintelure or Olusola Oke, both politically toxic picks for Aketi? If he doesn't grant enough concessions, he stands the risk of losing the election. If he grants too much, he will win but government machinery will not be in his hands.

I think APC needs to rewrite its primary rules such that top three candidates should advance until a candidate wins 50% of the entire delegates.

Bros,Forget the analysis....did you know mimiko with federal might and Pdp campaign chairman sw zone during the general election could not help Jonathan and Pdp with a win in his home town which is Ondo....Mimiko and Eyitayo lose convincely the Ondo central to sen.Tayo Alasoadura.....As at presently APC control Ondo central in both house of senate and rep......this Job is not for Aketi alone but including strong political gladiators like Chief oke from Ilaje,Boroffice,Abraham,Alasoadura(the man who dismantle both mimiko and Jegede at ondo central)Albena and alot to mention.....mehn!!! The non-popular Eyitayo is a goner......

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Nobody: 6:24am On Sep 04, 2016
he will NEVER be loyal to Tinubu

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by anonimi: 6:31am On Sep 04, 2016
lagdmark:
Bomb hit jagaban camp.

Another bomb for the "bastard" who abused & insulted Awo's wife and family.
It is about time to make the JagbaJantis history in our political sojourn.






Babasessy:

Awo Family Without An Awo By Sam Omatseye (The Offensive Article)







The Awolowo rebirth in the Southwest has inspired gongs, songs and rhetoric of sorts. But they have missed one point.

It occurred to me in Abeokuta last week amidst the big crowds and euphoria of the swearing-in of Senator Ibikunle Amosun as governor. In all the states from Lagos to Edo, where Awo has witnessed ideological resurgence, hardly a single family member has played a role.

So we have an Awo family without an Awo. That is an irony. But history overwhelms us with this sort of twist. Obafemi Awolowo toiled for his reputation. His roots were lowly, he toiled to school both home and abroad, launched into careers in law, business, journalism and eventually politics. He carved a niche for himself, and became the first methodical and charismatic leftist in our history.  Other leftists abounded but they did not inspire comparable drama and following.

He faced tribulations, went to jail, failed in elections, won a few, but he imprinted his ideas and legacy in the country, and no single mortal has beaten him in the history of this country. His greatest achievement was in the area of ideas, and that was how he fashioned a family. Most families are born of biology but his issued from ideology. That family suffered with him.

In a spoof of Jesus Christ, these were the men who followed him in his teachings, and endured with him in his temptations. So he formed a kingdom for them in the Southwest, in the old Western Region, presiding over his projects, his legacies and people.

In all of these, the family he had was not his flesh and blood. In another spoof of Christ, who were his family anyway? Those who were with him must be counted as his family. So, I combed in the ambience of Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), and I found none. I went to Ogun, I frisked the crowd under Amosun’s bower, hardly any. Around Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in Osun, I could not lay a finger. With Governor Kayode Fayemi in Ekiti, where are the forbears of Awo? Yet, I can hear the chants of Awo. Hardly in any of the inaugural speeches or any of their other public intervention would you miss the philtre and filter of Awo from these gentlemen. To parody Novelist Joseph Conrad, they are the sparks from Awo’s sacred fire, the messengers of the might within the man.

Already all of them are pursuing the legacy ideas of Awo: free education, free health services, infrastructural development, urban renewal and economic engineering.

Lagos has posted itself as the John the Baptist. The others are putting up valiant efforts, and the world of course is watching to see how well they will perform. It will call for great work, resourcefulness and cooperation. They are the real Awoists, and Awo was a man of rigour and vigour.

The Awo son that many expected to take after the father was Olusegun, who unfortunately died in a car crash. We shall never know if he could have pulled it off.  But the others have not shown much of the paterfamilias’ brio and depth. In the past decade, under this republic, they have blended with the wrong crowd. Even H.I.D, hobnobbed with Alao-Akala, who brought illiteracy to governance; with Oyinlola who turned the grace of office into a hell-hole of despots; with Daniel who could not arrest his quick fall into megalomania.

I wrote once that this woman whom Awo once described as the jewel of inestimable value has lost value to his cause. If he came back to life, he would have committed the extraordinary act of divorce after death. Even his newspaper, The Tribune, has so stumbled and fallen that it swims in Awo’s vomit.

Groucho Max, one of the funniest satirists in American history, said of a man that he got his looks from his father. Then he quipped, “He was a plastic surgeon.” That means the son is not his real son, or he did not inherit his natural looks. Ideologically, when we talk of Awo’s family, the chief inheritor is Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the leader of all the others. He was the one who stuck his neck out. He could have lost his life or ended his career in politics. The so-called real Awolowos who bear his surname cannot come up for mention. They are Awolowos but not Awoists. They stabbed their father in the back. They have committed ideological parricide.

The only person that made a real try was Awolowo-Dosunmu in the early 1990s and she lost roundly. She was accused of trying to ride her father’s coattail. Political families are good for democracies. They can exemplify the high ideals of diligence, dignity, ideas, character. We have seen these in such families as the Kennedys, the Adamses, the Roosevelts, the Ghandis. They just don’t claim family. They appeal to the high ideals that endeared the families to their societies.

It’s also an irony that these families are falling into twilight. Some of them have vanished. Enoch Powell, a British MP, once gave us the famous line: “All political lives, unless they are cut off midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure because that is the nature of politics and human affairs.”

Columnist Ambassador Dapo Fafowora adverted to this idea in a recent outing, and I debated it with him afterwards. I don’t believe that a political life should be judged by how it ends but what it means. The quote is often missed by many who mistake “careers” for “lives.” A political life should be judged by its legacies. If we judged Awo by how he ended, we would look at him only as the loser to Shagari. That is why I see an intrinsic mischief in Enoch’s quote. But I would agree that political families end also in failure if you judge how they peter out and not the legacy.

Awo’s legacy is alive and well. Members of other families in flesh and blood can carry on. Immediate families tend to suffer from what an author, Noemie Emery, describes as dynastic curse. The children tend to be intimidated by the standards set by the fathers. So they just don’t want to try. They feel they cannot match them or come even close.  The problem probably comes from the fathers themselves. The Adams, who produced important presidents, later gave birth to moral vagrants and drunks. The Bush daughters showed themselves as party girls when their father was contesting the political battle of his life.

But Joe Kennedy groomed his sons assiduously, and they excelled in politics. They also had a fair share of tragedies. Ted Kennedy regained his sobriety and voice in America after a season of debauchery. In Nigeria, we are seeing the Sarakis fade. A Saraki – Bukola - is wiping out the Sarakis from politics. It is a classic case of oedipal tragedy, something I predicted earlier this year on this page.

It is not late though for the flesh-and-blood Awolowos to join their father’s fold. But they must be genuine. Awo was the most important Yoruba personage in history after Oduduwa. They had stellar men like Oranmiyan, Balogun Latosa, Lisabi, Sodeke, et al. None of them had the unifying vision and organisational acumen that Awolowo gave the race. The wife, children and grandchildren should not watch others glow in his jewel without them.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/columnist/monday/sam-omatseye/index.1.html

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by anonimi: 6:40am On Sep 04, 2016
Babatundecash:
Bros,Forget the analysis....did you know mimiko with federal might and Pdp campaign chairman sw zone during the general election could not help Jonathan and Pdp with a win in his home town which is Ondo....Mimiko and Eyitayo lose convincely the Ondo central to sen.Tayo Alasoadura.....As at presently APC control Ondo central in both house of senate and rep......this Job is not for Aketi alone but including strong political gladiators like Chief oke from Ilaje,Boroffice,Abraham,Alasoadura(the man who dismantle both mimiko and Jegede at ondo central)Albena and alot to mention.....mehn!!! The non-popular Eyitayo is a goner......

Was Barawo Rogue Fashole popular in Lagos state in 2007 when he was imposed on the Association of Conmen in Nigerian, ACN?
The popular Engr. Funsho Williams had to be brutally murdered to ensure the secrets of Jagbajantis' looting of the treasury for eight years (1999-2007) were covered and he continued milking the taxes of Lagosians.
Hopefully justice will still be done for the REAL nest of killers that assassinated this illustrious son of Lagos.
It is only a matter of time.



[img]http://mile2herald.files./2015/01/funsho-williams-court-logos3.jpg?w=593[/img]

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Nobody: 6:41am On Sep 04, 2016
Babatundecash:
Bros,Forget the analysis....did you know mimiko with federal might and Pdp campaign chairman sw zone during the general election could not help Jonathan and Pdp with a win in his home town which is Ondo....Mimiko and Eyitayo lose convincely the Ondo central to sen.Tayo Alasoadura.....As at presently APC control Ondo central in both house of senate and rep......this Job is not for Aketi alone but including strong political gladiators like Chief oke from Ilaje,Boroffice,Abraham,Alasoadura(the man who dismantle both mimiko and Jegede at ondo central)Albena and alot to mention.....mehn!!! The non-popular Eyitayo is a goner......

Every election is different. Tayo Alasoadura did not dismantle Mimiko, he won based on Buhari's effect. The same mimiko that could not help Jonathan also managed to win house of assembly seats when he realized his governorship seat would be threatened should APC win. Can Buhari win now if he is on ballot? He is not that popular any longer. Mimiko's choice of someone from Akure is super strategic as all politics are local. He is trying to hold Ondo Central where majority of votes are and then fight it out in Ondo South. If he spends money wisely in strategic locations, he can pull it off.

You also mentioned Abraham, Boroffice, Oke and Alasoadura working for Aketi as if it was automatic or something that could be decreed into existence. Politicians don't work for a candidate because they love the candidate or want him to win. They work for ANY candidate who can protect their INTERESTS. "what's in it for me?" is a politician's question. If he is not able to rally the so called losers, he will lose. Infact, if people like Boroffice and Alasoadura see Aketi's being a governor as threat to their senatorial seats, they would surreptitiously worked for PDP. Politicians are all about SELF INTERESTS.

I won't bet my money on him until he is able to rally the losers to share his vision.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by abusurv(m): 6:47am On Sep 04, 2016
Oluwabusobomi:
RIP to APC in Ondo.

Iroko will school them again as he did in 2013
there was no APC in 2013 point of correction

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Grundig: 6:47am On Sep 04, 2016
Like Jimi agbaje of PDP. Very likeable.

An ideal choice but a lightweight. PDP retains ondo.

Meanwhile, what's up with tinubu's influence these days? Are people now calling his bluff?

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Lifestone(m): 6:49am On Sep 04, 2016
APC just survived in Ondo State. Aketi is the next Governor by God's grace.
The most important thing here is that the primary election was free, fair and rancour free and that Tinubu candidate in lost in the primary.
Ondo State detest godfatherism as I have said over and over again.
Welcome to Ondo State

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Laredojohn(m): 6:49am On Sep 04, 2016
He said Asiwaju will b socked by the result of the primary election, will Asiwaju still support him Since his own preferred candidate didn't win, can he face the candidate of an incumbent Governor? Anyways Ondo people it's in your hands.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by davss02(m): 6:49am On Sep 04, 2016
Go papa
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by blazetitov: 6:51am On Sep 04, 2016
Shewunoshewa:
So painful.

I'm consoled that he's still from Ondo north though.

It would have been disastrous for a PDP decampee from Ondo south to clinch the ticket.

Maybe Tinubu shouldn't have declared openly for Abraham. That must have been the problem.

Tinubu made Aketi lost the last guber poll when he came to Akure and started wishing Mimiko death. Ondo people cannot stand godfathers, they are too enlightened for that.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by blazetitov: 6:58am On Sep 04, 2016
Grundig:
Like Jimi agbaje of PDP. Very likeable.

An ideal choice but a lightweight. PDP retains ondo.

Meanwhile, what's up with tinubu's influence these days? Are people now calling his bluff?

PDP will lose Ondo State, I can promise you that. As for Tinubu, Ondo people detest godfatherism, he should bring all of them together and unite the party before election and not be over bearing lest APC will lose again if he gives the impression that he will control the government house from burdillion.
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by sundayamazing3: 7:00am On Sep 04, 2016
I wonder if APC will win Ondo State. God deliver Us from Mimiko's oppression oooo
Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by Lifestone(m): 7:03am On Sep 04, 2016
bayooooooo:


Every election is different. Tayo Alasoadura did not dismantle Mimiko, he won based on Buhari's effect. The same mimiko that could not help Jonathan also managed to win house of assembly seats when he realized his governorship seat would be threatened should APC win. Can Buhari win now if he is on ballot? He is not that popular any longer. Mimiko's choice of someone from Akure is super strategic as all politics are local. He is trying to hold Ondo Central where majority of votes are and then fight it out in Ondo South. If he spends money wisely in strategic locations, he can pull it off.

You also mentioned Abraham, Boroffice, Oke and Alasoadura working for Aketi as if it was automatic or something that could be decreed into existence. Politicians don't work for a candidate because they love the candidate or want him to win. They work for ANY candidate who can protect their INTERESTS. "what's in it for me?" is a politician's question. If he is not able to rally the so called losers, he will lose. Infact, if people like Boroffice and Alasoadura see Aketi's being a governor as threat to their senatorial seats, they would surreptitiously worked for PDP. Politicians are all about SELF INTERESTS.

I won't bet my money on him until he is able to rally the losers to share his vision.
Aketi lost 2012 election simply because of Tinubu.
He is a man of his own now and thats what Ondo State people want.
Mimiko is at the lowest level now and it's also a negative to have brought a candidate from the same Senatorial district with himself. Ondo Central can't produce Governor back to back.

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Re: Rotimi Akeredolu Emerges As APC Governorship Candidate In Ondo State by martineinstein(m): 7:08am On Sep 04, 2016
bad one for tinubu and his TVC.they have all been supporting abraham segun.......good one for ondo state for not allowing tinubu to rule dem....

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