Ondo 2024: PDP candidate Ajayi withdraws Supreme Court appeal against Aiyedatiwa

— APC Says It’s an Endorsement of People’s Mandate

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaigner successful the November 2024 predetermination successful Ondo State, Chief Agboola Ajayi, has formally withdrawn his entreaty pending earlier the Supreme Court challenging the triumph of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ajayi, a erstwhile Deputy Governor of the state, said his determination followed wide consultations with his family, governmental associates, and ineligible advisers.

In a missive to the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Ajayi explained that portion helium was alert of the pending appeal, pursuing it further would not service the broader involvement of bid and bully governance.

He stressed that the unity and improvement of Ondo State remained his priority, careless of governmental differences.

“After cautious deliberation, we person reached a statement that the entreaty should beryllium withdrawn. My foremost committedness is to bully governance and peaceful coexistence successful Ondo State and crossed Nigeria. In this spirit, I widen my heartfelt wishes to His Excellency Lucky Aiyedatiwa arsenic helium leads our state,” Ajayi stated.

His determination brings to an extremity months of ineligible tussle and reshapes the dynamics of the state’s absorption politics.

Meanwhile, the APC successful Ondo has welcomed the development, describing Aiyedatiwa’s triumph arsenic an endorsement of the people’s mandate.

In a connection signed by the authorities Publicity Secretary, Alex Kalejaye, connected behalf of the Chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin, the enactment congratulated Aiyedatiwa, his deputy, Dr. Olaide Adelami, and the radical of the state.

Adetimehin besides commended the judiciary, INEC, and information agencies, arsenic good arsenic the PDP, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the Allied People’s Movement (APM), whose candidates person each withdrawn their petitions.

He urged the absorption parties to enactment the predetermination down them and enactment Aiyedatiwa’s medication successful rebuilding the authorities and boosting its economy.

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