Ondo AG backs Aiyedatiwa to deliver state for Tinubu in 2027

By Boye Oyeyemi

The Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has expressed confidence that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa will secure a landslide victory for President Bola Tinubu in the state during the 2027 general election.

Ajulo, who spoke ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential mega rally scheduled for November 11 in Akure, said Tinubu could count on Ondo State, citing Aiyedatiwa’s electoral strength and growing influence within the party.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who is currently in Cambridge, United Kingdom, said he was cutting short his academic engagement to return to Akure for the rally. He added that the APC was consolidating its political structures ahead of the 2027 elections.

Ajulo attributed his confidence to the outcome of the 2024 governorship election, in which Aiyedatiwa won all 18 local government areas and 3,933 polling units in the state. He described the result as evidence of the governor’s widespread grassroots support.

“President Tinubu should go to sleep in Ondo State. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has the political structure, grassroots reach and leadership capacity to deliver the state for him in 2027,” Ajulo said.

He also cited the defection of opposition figures into the APC and the governor’s recent engagement with more than 1,000 senior and special assistants, whom Aiyedatiwa urged to mobilise support for Tinubu in their respective wards.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Director-General of the Ondo State Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Adu, popularly known as Adu Cubana, has donated 25 branded vehicles to strengthen the campaign’s mobilisation efforts.

Adu said his support was driven by his confidence in Tinubu’s economic and development policies, adding that the president deserved another four-year term to consolidate his administration’s programmes. He also commended Aiyedatiwa for promoting reconciliation and unity within the Ondo APC, saying the governor’s intervention had helped ease tensions among party stakeholders following disagreements over the party’s last primaries.