Ondo State deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, said he joined the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), to give hope to the masses of the state ahead of the October 10 gubernatorial election.
Ajayi stated this on Friday in Akure when he was welcomed officially into the party.
He said, “I can assure you that nothing will happen on the election day, we all own this state. We have joined this party to change the narrative. We are going to make a change in Ondo State.
“I do not depend on anybody. We depend on God, I will not shame you.
“We own this state together, I have come to join ZLP to give hope to the hopeless, to change the narrative and I have come with all my supporters,” he said.
Ajayi said plans to rig the coming election would not work, urging his supporters to defend their votes come October 10.
“They will want to rig the election, but what they are planning is not going to work. It is obvious that the affirmation of Governor Akeredolu as the candidate of the APC coupled with the seeming failure of the PDP to produce a dependable and formidable alternative has dampened the democratic enthusiasm and morale of the people.
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“To stir hope and rechannel the energy of the progressive electorate, I am teaming up with members of the ZLP, a chunk of most of the other members, and my teeming allies from both the PDP and APC.”
Welcoming the deputy governor to the. Party,the Chairman of the party Mr. Joseph Akinlaja, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be fair in the conduct of the forthcoming election and charged the youths not to allow themselves to be used for violence.
Agboola Ajayi had defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic (PDP), where he lost the party’s ticket to the party’s flag-bearer, Mr Eyitayo Jegede.
