The Arogbo Ijaw Kingdom’s Traditional Council has endorsed Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s candidature ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Ondo state.
The endorsement came as Niger Delta Peace Ambassador and entrepreneur, Senior High Chief Bibopere Ajube, pledged to fund the governor’s election in the six local government areas of the south senatorial district.
Agadagba and Paramount Ruler of Arogbo Ijaw Kingdom, Zaccheus Doubra Egbunu, said: “Our governor is our son in Arogbo Ijaw Kingdom because he is our closest neighbour. There is no way we will not give him maximum support especially as an Ilaje man.”
Egbunu added: “In Ijaw land, we value and reciprocate good gestures; we cannot forget in a hurry how the Ilajes mobilized hugely for our son, Hon Donald Ojogo to win the House of Representatives seat in 2023. For the very first time, an Ijaw man is in the Green Chamber. So it’s our duty, it’s an obligation for us to massively vote for this Governor who happens to be our Ilaje son.”
Ajube said: “Mr Governor, your election is our election and that of the president because it is the first governorship election in the Southwest since the 2023 presidential election that produced our own President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. As such, it is of great consequence to the President, and we cannot afford to play with it.”
Ajube continued: “We will not disappoint our president and that is why we have demolished all the ward structures of the PDP in our Kingdom. So Your Excellency, just leave the six local government areas in the southern senatorial district of the state for me to provide the money. Just keep the little money you have for other senatorial districts. I have the capacity. I am an Ijaw man. We don’t deceive people. If we say, we will do something, don’t doubt it, we will do it.”
Governor Aiyedatiwa thanked the defectors for joining the APC family and announced various initiatives aimed at improving the lives of the people of the state.
