Olusola Oke, SAN Having spent most of his life in Ondo State and knowing virtually everything about the state down to the grassroots level, Chief Olusola Oke seems to be most popular politically among the 16 aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress both at the national and state levels. Although his popularity has not earned him the Number one position in the state, he has contested twice on the platforms of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Alliance for Democracy in 2012 and 2016 respectively.
He also seems to have the financial strength to effortlessly prosecute the campaign but the unfortunate thing there is an indication that the legal luminary does not have a strong connection with the national leadership of the APC. A source in the National Working Committee of the party said Oke was not trusted by the party’s national leadership, having left the party in 2016 to contest the governorship election in another party.
“Though Oke is a strong man in Ondo politics, he is not consistent in his loyalty to the APC. He was also a bigwig in the PDP; he defected to our party and out of desperation, he dumped our party again and moved to the AD. After losing the election in AD, he came back again and wanted to be governor. If he loses the ticket this time around, he may defect to another party. So, such a person can’t be trusted and those who decide for the party know him and can’t trust him with power. So, don’t expect the outcome of the primary to favour him,” a source stated.
However Oke, in many fora, has declared his strong commitment to the party and has no intention of leaving the ruling APC again. He also said recently that he would abide by the outcome of the party primary.
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