Aiyedatiwa, Ajayi have nothing to offer Ondo, says Olusola Ebiseni

Olusola Ebiseni, the Labour Party candidate in Ondo state, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have nothing to offer the people of Ondo state. 

Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo state, is the APC governorship candidate, while Agboola Ajayi won the PDP’s governorship primary election for the November 16 poll after securing 264 votes.

Ebiseni previously ran for the PDP governorship primary and finished third with 99 votes.

Ajayi was deputy governor from 2017 to 2021 under former governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

In June 2020, Ajayi left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP, citing “irreconcilable differences” with Akeredolu, and was replaced by Aiyedatiwa.

Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Morning Brief’, Ebiseni asked voters to focus on the candidates’ records rather than party issues.

He claimed that both Aiyedatiwa, the APC candidate, and Ajayi “lack substance,” insisting he is the best choice for governor.

“It is not the crisis of any political party at their national level that will determine who will become governor in states,” he said.

“It is the pedigree of the candidates and the performances of the political party when they were in power; remember, APC took over from Labour Party in 2017.

“Eight years later, ask the people of Ondo State what APC has delivered. The two candidates from either PDP or APC are both APC candidates. PDP has no candidates in this election.”

Ebiseni called Ajayi the “so-called candidate of the PDP,” noting that Ajayi was Akeredolu’s deputy and that Aiyedatiwa is also a former deputy.

“I was surprised listening to both of them. They are members of the same family and have nothing to offer the people of Ondo State,” he said.

Ebiseni is a familiar figure in Ondo politics, having served as a three-time commissioner and a delegate at the 2014 national conference.