Ondo election; SDP candidate supports Akeredolu, running mate backs Jegede

SDP candidate in Ondo state has abandoned his ambition

The candidate has now declared his support for governor Akeredolu

Meanwhile, his deputy has declared support for PDP's Jegede

The confusion seems to be the order of the day within the social democratic party in Ondo state just four days to the governorship election in the state with its governorship candidate, Peter Fasua, withdrawing and throwing his support behind the governor and APC candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu a few hours after its state chairman, Dele Ogunbameru, led the chairmen of 10 other political parties to announce their support for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede.

The development implies that the SDP has partly supported the candidates of the two major political parties in the state and that the party no longer has a candidate for the governorship election.

Fasua, while announcing his decision, on Tuesday in Akure, the state capital, said, “I decided to step down and support Governor Akeredolu as I am convinced that my own desires and plans for Ondo State will be achieved totally by Governor Akeredolu.”

The educationist expressed his readiness to mobilise the structure of his party and his supporters across the state for Akeredolu’s re-election.

He also announced the donation of campaign coaster buses and other materials to the governor’s campaign organisation.

Meanwhile, it had been reported that ahead of the Saturday, October 10, governorship election in Ondo state, a former deputy governor of Osun state, Iyiola Omisore, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and other chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have stormed the state in solidarity for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

Akeredolu appealed to the people of the state not to lower the credibility and reputation of the state before the general public, urging them to vote wisely.

Legit.ng gathered that Akeredolu spoke in his Owo country home when his campaign train visited the town, adding that if the calibre of people struggling to take over his position is factored into consideration, the Saturday’s election is a battle between the intellectuals and the incompetent league.