'I will not shame you' - Ajayi tells ZLP at unveiling

Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has finally being unveiled by the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, after several days of speculation and controversy.

In his acceptance speech, Ajayi said he joined the party to give hope to the masses of the state ahead of the Oct. 10, gubernatorial election.

This not the first time Ajayi has defected from a political party. According to NAN, he defected from the ruling All Progressive Congresss to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he lost the party’s ticket to the party’s flag-bearer, Mr Eyitayo Jegede.

Ajayi said plans to rig the coming election would not work, urging his supporters to defend their votes come Oct.10.

“I do not depend on anybody. We depend on God, I will not shame you.

“We own this state together, I have come to join ZLP to give hope to the hopeless, to change the narrative and I have come with all my supporters,” he said.

Ajayi said plans to rig the coming election would not work, urging his supporters to defend their votes come Oct.10.

The deputy governor said he was humbled by the call to service by the people of the state and critical stakeholders to rescue the ship of the state from sinking further under Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, NAN reports.

The Chairman of the Party, Mr Joseph Akinlaja, while welcoming Ajayi to the party, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to be fair in the conduct of the forthcoming gubernatorial election to avoid induced violence.

Akinlaja appealed to the youth not to allow themselves to be used as thugs, urging politicians to moderate their activities not to encourage violence in any form, saying, `lives of our people matter’.