In 2016, providence granted respected lawyer and politician, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, the incumbent governor of Ondo State his heart desires as he won a keenly contested election against other political parties. In the build-up to the election, Akeredolu at no point saw any reason to entomb his living dream. Indeed, some of his detractors reportedly tagged him an incorrigible dreamer, but the lawyer was unperturbed about the enormity of the odds against him.
Everywhere he went to during the campaign, he was armed with his pragmatic manifesto, pleading with his people to give him a chance to serve them.
Even when it was obvious that some powerful elements in the state , including the then incumbent governor of the state, Olusegun Mimiko, allegedly posed a threat to his political ambition, he held on to his dream with uncommon steadfastness. Luckily, he eventually had the last laugh.
It will be recalled that he had lost the bid to clinch the number one job in the state in 2012. But the experience only toughened him when he offered himself to serve his people again. While he was neck-deep in the campaign, he still maintained his cool, even in the face of needless lies and abuses hurled at him, he refused to join issues with his other political opponents.
Today, Akeredolu is already showing evidence of a brilliant mind who knows what to do when fate offers him a rare opportunity in life. Like a gentleman that he is, he did not disappoint his people over the confidence reposed in him four years ago as he has delievered all his campaign promises and even surpassed them.
With three years and a half into his first term, Aketi, as he is popularly called by his admirers, has proved that he is indeed a silent achiever. Sources from the state say the white beard cerebral legal luminary has left his indelible footprints in several sectors of the state.
CITYSPY gathered that his leadership and administrative acumen are steadily bringing the dividends of democracy to the people in ways that complement and even surpass the work of his predecessors. Despite recently contacting the deadly COVID-19 virus and currently under self isolation, he is ready to take his opponents to the cleaners at the pools. He is battle ready with the support of his people.
Aketi has lived within the modest means while using the state’s minimal resources to focus on providing education, building road, providing health care infrastructure and improving rural and urban water supply in the state. Our sources revealed that he has been able to wormed himself to the hearts of Ondo people and they are ready reward him with a second term in office as their Governor.
