Ondo Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is set to officially announce his intention to continue in office after completing the tenure of late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in February next year.

Aiyedatiwa had earlier said in an interview that nobody would want to govern a state for one year.

A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said the Governor would make his intention known on Tuesday while hosting stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State.

During the meeting, Mr. Governor will formally inform the APC leaders of his intention to seek the ticket of the party ahead of the coming governorship election,” the statement reads.

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Aiyedatiwa was sworn in December last year after the uneventful death of Akeredolu.

He has dissolved the cabinet he inherited and reappointed six former aides of Akeredolu.

Gladiators in the race to secure the Ondo APC governorship ticket are a former Finance Commissioner, Wale Akinterinwa; Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa; business mogul, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim; Chief Olusola Oke; a former NDDC Commissioner, Hon Olugbenga Edema, a former member of the House of Representatives, Mayowa Akinfolarin, a former President of the Nigeria Medical Association, Prof. Dayo Faduliye, Dr
Paul Akintelure, and Chief Matthew Oyerinmade amongst others.

Critics of Aiyedatiwa have accused him of appointing enemies of his former boss.

They also accused him of dumping the ideals of Akeredolu by shaving the Akeredolu beard he carried in the last three years as Deputy Governor.

Several stakeholders in the state have, however, declared support for Aiyedatiwa.

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