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Ondo Election: Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Spraying N200 Notes From His Toyota Land Cruiser (VIDEO)
A video of Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu sharing N200 notes in Akure, the Ondo state capital has emerged. This is coming ahead of the Ondo 2020 election.
In the video, the Governor, in a campaign convoy, can be seen standing halfway out of a mobile Toyota Land Cruiser Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).
From that position, he goes into a spraying spree, throwing up bundles of N200 notes.
This action left the residents scrambling to get some of the notes as they fell to the ground.
The video has since gone viral, especially on the micro-blogging site, Twitter.
2020 Ondo Election
Meanwhile, this is coming after Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State had warned Akeredolu that he cannot influence the outcome of the Ondo State Governorship election.
Governor Wike had said: “Having lost Edo State, everything will be done not to lose Ondo State because they know that will mean the end of APC.
“It is such pressure that is on INEC and the security agencies now that may lead to their compromising. I fear that INEC and the security agencies may succumb. But I pray they resist it and continue to defend democracy.”
The Ondo governorship election holds on October 10, 2020, with the All Progressives Congress’ candidate and incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu; Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Agboola Ajayi, the incumbent deputy governor and candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), as front runners.
On Sunday, 27 November 2016, Akeredolu was announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission as the winner of the Ondo State Governorship Election. He amassed 244, 842 votes in the election while Mr. Jegede with 150, 380 votes and Mr. Oke with 126, 889 votes .
