Powerful Southwest APC Governor Speaks on Fate of Obidients in His State Ahead of 2023 Presidential Elections

• Members of the Obidient Movement have no chance in Ondo state, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said
• The governor made the disclosure during Bola Tinubu's visit to Akure, Ondo state's capital city over the weekend
• According to the governor, Ondo is an APC state to the fullest and he is focused on delivering the state to the party in the 2023 presidential election

The governor of Ondo state, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday, October 30, announced that there is not a single member of the Obidient Movement in his state, the Nation reports.

The Obidient Movement is a support group made up of supporters of the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

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Obi's supporters adopted the word, Obidient and many others like Yusuful - coined from the name of Yusuf Ahmed Datti-Baba, the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party - as their preferred slogan.

Akeredolu to deliver Ondo to APC in 2023

However, represented by Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the deputy governor of Ondo state, Akeredolu said the state is ready to deliver votes to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking in Akure when the presidential candidate of the ruling party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu visited Afenifere leaders to present and explain his manifesto to them, the governor said that Ondo is fully an APC state.

He also noted that the state was ready to deliver to the party owing to his stand that power must shift to the South.

According to Governor Akeredolu, the power shift for governance at the national level must be to the southwest region.

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'Nigeria's presidency not retirement home for sick, aged,' Peter Obi issues strong warning ahead of 2023 polls

Nigerians have been warned against handing over the country to presidential candidates who are either sick or too weak to handle the responsibility of governance.

This advice was handed to Nigerians by the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Saturday, October 27.

Obi also assured Nigerians that he would work tirelessly with his team especially his running mate, Yusuf Ahmed-Datti to solve the nation's challenges.

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Peter Obi had earlier called on Nigerian women to ensure that they make the right decisions at the polls in 2023.

Obi said this while addressing the women at the Voice of Woman Empowerment Foundation's event in Abuja.

The Labour Party's 2023 presidential candidate also warned that women are always at the receiving end of bad governance.

Source: Legit.ng