Politics
Ondo Guber: Campaign Group Lauds Aiyedatiwa
The Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) has said that a long list of achievements of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in only six months in office is enough for the group to campaign with, ahead of the November 16 governorship election.
The governor’s mainstream campaign body issued the statement in Akure on Thursday by its Convener, Dr. Oladipupo Okeyomi, apparently in response to opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s series of articles to lampoon the governor’s readiness for election.
In the riposte issued through the LACO-FSIC spokesman, Mr. Kayode Fasua, Okeyomi, popularly known as Carry Go, stated that Aiyedatiwa is not a noise maker but a goal-getter.
“I laughed when I read the series of articles by opposition PDP saying Aiyedatiwa has nothing to offer, as if they are alien to events in Ondo State.
“For their information, Aiyedatiwa himself has lessened our job as a campaign organisation through the long list of his achievements in just six months and he keeps on lengthening the list,” Okeyomi averred.
He cited the fact that Governor Aiyedatiwa, upon assumption of office last December following the death of his boss, the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, cleared all backlogs of unpaid salaries and has up till date, not owed any public worker or pensioner.
He said this was aside from the governor’s benevolence of paying monthly palliative allowance to all public workers to cushion the effect of the removal of petroleum subsidy by the federal government.
“Still to his strides as a leader with the milk of human kindness flowing through him, Governor Aiyedatiwa not only released free bus shuttles to school children and public workers, he also set aside over N2 billion as soft loans for petty traders, peasant farmers and young entrepreneurs, as a way of fending for those in the non-formal sector,” the LACO-FSIC boss further appraised.
According to him, the governor has mobilised virtually all contractors covering roads and other public works back to site, a gesture that cuts across the 18 local government areas of the state.
Okeyomi urged the main opposition party in the state to come up with their programmes “rather than dissipate energies on running down the great achievements of Mr. Governor, for which the good people of Ondo State are grateful”.
He said the LACO-FSIC which visited all the local government areas in the build-up to the last primary election in the All Progressives Congress (APC), was set to campaign round all communities in the state, to secure victory for Aiyedatiwa.
President Bola Tinubu will attend All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign rallies in 12 states ahead of the 2027 elections.
According to the party’s campaign timetable released on Thursday, Tinubu is expected to flag-off the campaign in Kaduna on October 24, before attending rallies in 11 other states.
After the Kaduna rally, the president is scheduled to attend rallies in Rivers on November 7, Plateau on November 14 and Oyo on November 21.
He is also expected at rallies in Borno, Enugu and Bauchi on November 25, 28 and 29, respectively.
Tinubu is not scheduled to attend rallies in 13 other states in November. The states are Cross River (November 2), Gombe (November 3), Nasarawa (November 4), Ekiti (November 5), Ebonyi (November 9), Jigawa (November 10), Ondo (November 11), Edo (November 12), Yobe (November 16), Kebbi (November 17), Akwa Ibom (November 18), Anambra (November 19) and Benue (November 30).
Tinubu is expected to continue his campaign tour in December, with rallies scheduled for Sokoto on December 5, Delta on December 12 and Kano on December 17.
His final two appearances are scheduled for Adamawa on January 4 and Lagos on January 9, while party leaders will represent him at rallies in the remaining 12 states scheduled for December.
Overall, the president is scheduled to attend rallies in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Three of the states Tinubu is scheduled to visit — Oyo, Bauchi and Adamawa — have prominent opposition figures linked to the 2027 presidential race.
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, is the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), which is also the ruling party in Bauchi.
Adamawa is the home state of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate.
At the inauguration of the APC presidential campaign council at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Wednesday, Tinubu said he would not attend every campaign rally, saying governance remained a priority.
He, however, said he would make time to address Nigerians directly as party leaders criss-cross the states and local governments to campaign for his re-election.
On Tuesday, the APC announced an expanded list of its presidential campaign council, with Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister; Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun; and Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, among the notable additions.
A former Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Arc Aminu Dabo, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with immediate effect.
Dabo, who served as the APC caucus chairman in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State, announced his resignation in a letter dated October 7, 2026, addressed to the party chairman of Dambatta Gabas Ward.
In the letter, Dabo said his decision followed careful consideration of personal reasons and his future endeavours.
He confirmed that he had formally submitted his resignation to the appropriate party officials in Dambatta for necessary action.
The former NPA managing director expressed appreciation to the APC leadership for the opportunity to serve, as well as the support and confidence reposed in him.
“I remain grateful for the cordial relationship I enjoyed and appreciative of the experience gained during my time of service,” he said.
He also thanked the party leadership for allowing him to contribute to its development and progress.
Dabo was a governorship aspirant in Kano State and previously served as the state’s Commissioner for Land.
He is also the proprietor and chief executive officer of Aminu Dabo College of Health Sciences and Technology and Aminu Dabo College of Nursing Sciences, both located in Kano.
Unknown thugs have reportedly attacked the secretariat of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State.
The attack, which was reported on Wednesday, comes barely one week after NDC supporters were attacked in Enugu, resulting in the death of one person.
No casualties was reported in the Edo attack, but footage of the incident showed that properties at the secretariat were damaged.
Report says the incident marks the latest in a series of violent disruptions targeting opposition political infrastructure across the state.
There are growing concerns over political intolerance and targeted intimidation ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Civil society groups and political analysts have expressed alarm over the recurring attacks on party secretariats, warning that unchecked political violence threatens the credibility of the democratic process.
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