The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed gratitude to the people of Ondo State for electing Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as their leader.
Aiyedatiwa, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), emerged victorious in Saturday’s governorship election after securing 366,781 votes to defeat his closest rival, Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who garnered 117,845 votes.
In a congratulatory message to Aiyedatiwa, Sanwo-Olu praised the people of Ondo State for rejecting other political parties and reaffirming their trust in the APC.
He highlighted the unwavering support of Ondo residents for the APC, citing their performance in previous governorship elections, local government polls, and the presidential election that brought President Bola Tinubu to power.
“As progressives, you have stood by us through difficult times, and now, the good times are here because you came out in numbers yesterday, defying the hot scorching sun, and waited on the queues for hours to cast your ballot for our candidate, your Governor, Mr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, and his deputy, Dr. Olayide Adelami.
“As always, you roundly rejected those other political parties that represent nothing but retrogression, and you voted for progress. For this, we say thank you,” Sanwo-Olu said.
Sanwo-Olu, who served as the Chairman of the APC National Campaign Council for the Ondo State Governorship Election, credited the party’s victory to the solid foundation laid by the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his successor, Aiyedatiwa.
He also attributed the APC’s recent electoral successes to the “strides” made by Tinubu under the Renewed Hope Agenda.
“As the Chairman of the National Campaign Council of our great party, APC, for the Ondo Governorship election, it is humbling for me to see that the task given to us by our party, under the able leadership of His Excellency, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, to ensure that we came out victorious was executed to the letter, and the results have shown that all members of the Campaign Council and other subcommittees worked assiduously to achieve success.
“But I must state at this juncture that our work was made a lot easier by the good job that His Excellency, the late Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, had done, which has been built on by his successor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, for the people of Ondo State. As the saying goes, you can’t build something on nothing! We only came here to build layers on the structure provided by Governor Aiyedatiwa and his team.
“It should be noted, however, that the winning streak of the APC in past months at various elections is a manifestation of the great strides that our leader, the President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is making in his Renewed Hope Agenda of reshaping our economy and putting the country’s socio-political system in the right direction. Our people can see this, and the massive support will further boost the party’s energy to continue her economic recovery efforts,” Sanwo-Olu said.
As the South West Zonal Coordinator, Sanwo-Olu assured that the APC would maintain its dominance in the region.
“After all, our zone is the home of the progressive elements in Nigeria’s political landscape. We will win more states to our fold in due course,” he added.