Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State has warned that it would no more condone violence or any anti-social behavior disguised as a political campaign.
It, therefore, declared that it would henceforth ” sanction deviance swiftly and firmly.
Reports of violence characterized many parts of the state before and during the last council polls. Many people were injured and properties destroyed by political thugs.
The governorship election in the state will hold in less than 50 days.
Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state gave the warning in Akure on Monday, August 24, 2020, while swearing in the 18 council chairmen elected on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, APC, last Saturday.
Akeredolu said “We solicit the support of the people in the days ahead, as we approach the general election.
“We will encourage all those who seek to offer themselves for service to the people to conduct themselves with utmost civility.
“We will not condone violence or any anti-social behavior disguised as a political campaign. We will sanction deviance swiftly and firmly.
The governor told the newly elected chairmen that “The victories recorded at the polls must not be taken as licence to embrace recklessness and wanton display of arrogance.
“Our administration will continue to discourage all attitudes which subordinate the interests of the generality of the people to parochial and selfish preferences.
“We are irrevocably committed to the welfare of the people.
“May I be permitted to inform the newly elected representatives of the people that this administration frowns at impunity in any form.
“We will not condone any acts which may put our achievements in jeopardy. We will monitor the activities of all those given the mandate to serve. We will encourage ingenuity and resourcefulness.
“We will sanction, swiftly, any errant behaviour which treats the welfare of the people with contempt.
Source: Vanguard
