Akeredolu to Mimiko: your time is up

The Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate in the October 20 election, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), at the weekend urged Governor Olusegun Mimiko to start packing his things from the Government House because he would lose the election.

Akeredolu spoke in Lagos when he addressed reporters in company of his running mate, Dr Paul Akintelure.

He said: “He (Mimiko) has lost the election. He can never win because he has nothing, absolutely nothing, to show to the people as his achievement in the past four years.”

The former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President accused the governor and his ruling Labour Party (LP) of abandoning many projects.

The ACN candidate said Mimiko, “who started one or two roads, didn’t complete any”.

He added: “I know he will not complete them. I shall complete the roads when, by the grace of God, I am elected.”

The frontline lawyer said the number of jobless youths in Ondo State has increased because of the poor leadership the governor has provided.

Akeredolu: “These are the people who will vote and they have parents and family members who will also vote. Mimiko is out of the minds of Ondo State residents; they are only waiting for the Election Day to see him off.

“Mimiko has no project to inaugurate except markets, which he has been building inside the bush. Nobody goes there. He builds town halls. What are the people doing?”

According to him, the ACN and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will collaborate to vote out the governor.

He said: “Mimiko has refused to organise a local government election since he came into office.”

Akeredolu dismissed the crowds at LP rallies, saying they did not reflect the people’s acceptance of the party.

He said: “We are not perturbed by this because civil servants are forced to attend. Some are induced. But the people will still vote according to their conscience. You will see the result of the election from Owo.”

The ACN standard bearer promised to take Ondo State into the Southwest regional integration, adding that the state cannot afford to be the weak link in the region.

He also promised to begin a massive rural development of the state, if voted in the October 20 election.

“I shall open up the rural areas,” he said.

Akeredolu said education would get the lion’s share of the budget in his administration, “because it will be free at the primary and secondary levels”.