Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi.
The Deputy Governor and candidate of the Zenith
Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi denied reports suggesting that he
has withdrawn from the Ondo State governorship
race.
According to the reports making the rounds, Mr. Ajayi is said to
have written a resignation letter to affirm his backing down from
the governorship election, a claim which the governorship hopeful
has denied.
In a communique by his media adviser, Comrade Allen Sowore, the
deputy governor claimed that the fake reports stem from the camp of
the Ondo State Governor and the candidate of the All Progressives
Congress, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
Mr Ajayi was of the opinion that the governor and his media
hirelings will stop at nothing to peddle fake news.
He said that the forged resignation letter was posted by a
pseudo account which Leke Akeredolu, Special Media aide to the
governor is behind.
“This fake news is sponsored by the outgoing Governor and
his cohorts. It’s not different from the earlier ones sponsored and
paid for that the Zenith Labour Party’s Candidate, Agboola Ajayi is
working with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate,
Eyitayo Jegede SAN.
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“Nothing can be farther from the truth.
“For the umpteenth time, and for the purposes of clarity and
emphasis, the Deputy Governor and candidate of ZLP, Agboola Ajayi
will not resign or back out from the race he’s winning
ultimately,” the communique read in part.
The deputy governor urged the general public, members of the ZLP
party, and most importantly the electorate to disregard any report
regarding his backing-down from the gubernatorial race.
He said rather than moving around with the “false news”,
Governor Akeredolu should be “courageous enough to accept
defeat in good faith”.