The candidacy of Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) has received the blessings of Ondo State Professionals in Edo State, who have appealed to his fellow aggrieved co-contestants for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to close ranks.
Mr. Akeredolu, a former National President of the Nigerian Bar Association, emerged flag bearer of the APC last month for the forthcoming governorship polls in Ondo State.
His emergence is threatening the chances of the APC in the polls as his closest challengers called for cancellation of the September 3 governorship primary elections, citing irregularities.
But the professions pleaded with those who lost at the party primaries to support Akeredolu for the APC to be victorious in the November 26 polls.
Specifically, they urged the runner-up in the primaries, Segun Abraham, to sheathe his sword and not set the stage on fire because he lost to the former NBA president.
Chairman of the group, Dr. Samson Falana, who spoke to journalists at the end of the group’s quarterly meeting in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Tuesday, said Akeredolu has the capacity to solve unemployment problems as well as fixing infrastructural decay in the state.
Dr. Falana also appealed to former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, whose preferred candidate is Abraham, to support Akeredolu for the overall interest of the party.
He said: “Ondo APC has spoken by electing Akeredolu to represent the APC in the elections. No external forces should circumvent their collective will”.
