This
isn’t the best of times for the lawyer-turned-Governor, as only on Monday,
multiple party members told SaharaReporters about their anger with the
Governor’s decision to withdraw campaign vehicles he gave to them as donations
in the lead-up to the general election.
Rotimi
Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, has a special message for his political
persecutors — but it’s not one just anybody can understand.
On
Friday, multiple sources in the Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) confirmed to SaharaReporters that Akeredolu had been suspended
by the national leadership of the party.
Earlier,
on March 1, SaharaReporters had reported how the National Working Committee
(NWC) of the APC queried Akeredolu over his “glaring anti-party activities,
which greatly affected the fortunes of our candidates in the recently-conducted
presidential and national assembly elections in the state".
"It
is true; the Governor has been suspended from the APC due to anti-party
activities after he was issued a query by the national leadership of the party
over anti-party activities,” a leading member of the party had said. “Although
the APC at the national level has not made an official announcement, we are 100
percent aware that he has been suspended."
A
second APC source in Akure, capital of Ondo State, who also requested not to be
named, confirmed the suspension, telling SaharaReporters: “I can confirm to you
that Akeredolu has been suspended from the party over anti-party activities and
many of his commissioners in the state are aware of this already. Well, maybe
they don't want to tell you the truth or they are all afraid.”
A
day after the story was published, Akeredolu took to his official Facebook page
to write, in Yoruba and all in caps:
“Ogorun
ogbon
“Egberun
ete
“Ehin
ni won ma to
“Kadara
“Yanmo
o gbo ogun
“Ori
ni elejo.”
This,
loosely translated to Yoruba, means:
“Hundreds
of wisdom.
“Thousands
of tricks.
"Will
all fall behind destiny.
“Predestination
has no cure.
“The
creator already has His say.”
The
post was made on Sunday. However, when SaharaReporters checked back on Tuesday
morning, it had been deleted.
This
isn’t the best of times for the lawyer-turned-Governor, as only on Monday,
multiple party members told SaharaReporters about their anger with the
Governor’s decision to withdraw campaign vehicles he gave to them as donations
in the lead-up to the general election.
The
Governor’s aide on political matters denied it, though, saying the vehicles
were not really "gifts" but were only given out to aid campaigns and
were meant, from scratch, to be returned.
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