Ondo 2024: Akeredolu’s SSG Withdraws, Backs Jimoh Ibrahim

Oladunni Odu, who served as Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in the administration of the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu administration Ondo State, has withdrawn her governorship aspiration to support Jimoh Ibrahim, another aspirant in the upcoming Ondo 2024 governorship election.

Mrs Odu disclosed her decision to step down from the November 16 governorship race during a meeting with the coordinators of her political group, Iwajowa Political Group, and the party chieftains in the South Senatorial District in Okitipupa.

Confirming the development on Tuesday, one of the coordinators of the group, Alaba Onayajo, revealed that Mrs Odu had already aligned herself with Jimoh Ibrahim for the April election.

He said the former SSG had instructed the group to work towards ensuring Ibrahim’s success and victory in the forthcoming governorship poll.

Onayajo added that Mrs Odu had earlier met with her supporters in the Central Senatorial District and directed them to work for Jimoh Ibrahim to emerge winner of the party’s primary.

“The Iwajowa Political Group has been directed by our leader and founder, Odu, to start working and mobilising for Ibrahim. The primary goal of Iwajowa Political Group now is to ensure Ibrahim emerges victorious in the party’s primary in April, and since we have received the instruction, work has started in earnest.

Odu also confirmed the alliance with Jimoh Ibrahim in a brief interview with journalists in Akure.

GWG.ng reports that the development could mean a further split in the unity of the opposition from the Akeredolu base to the emergence of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the APC candidate given that some of his lieutenants are still in the race.

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