Ajayi urged Ondo electorates to elect him as gov, promising that he would strengthen “Amotekun” with modern security gadgets
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the upcoming Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has alleged that the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, destroyed the legacy of his predecessor, late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
He made this known on Sunday during the Ondo State Governorship election debate organized by Channels Television.
Ajayi and Aiyedatiwa, who were deputy governors to the late Akeredolu, are the two main contenders in the Ondo governorship election scheduled for November 16.
Speaking during the debate, the PDP candidate, alleged that security in the state has deteriorated under Aiyedatiwa who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He, however, gave kudos to his late boss, Akeredolu, for establishing the South-West security outfit, codenamed “Amotekun”
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Ajayi said, “What we have put in now in Ondo State (Amotekun) under the late governor, not just us but the entire South-West region, we looked at what was happening then, kidnapping here and there, and said what can we do?
“I must give it to our late boss, he had the courage and boldness to say we must establish Amotekun which is more or less a state police arrangement. But unfortunately these days, that legacy is almost destroyed by the incumbent governor.”
Ajayi, who was the deputy governor to
Akeredolu when “Amotekun” was inaugurated, further claimed he contributed to the formation of the security corps.
He went on to assert that Aiyedatiwa does not care about the outfit because he does not know the pain he and his late boss went through to ensure the regional security outfit was established.
The PDP candidate promised that if elected, he would strengthen the security with modern security gadgets and equipment so that they could favourably compete with any security outfit in the world.