The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November 16, 2024, Ondo State governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has berated the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, for allegedly destroying the Amotekun security outfit established by the late governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
The PDP candidate, during a debate organised by Channels Television on Sunday ahead of the election, said that security in Ondo state has deteriorated under Aiyedatiwa who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“What we have put in now in Ondo State (Amotekun) under the late governor, not just us but the entire South-West region. We looked at what was happening then, kidnapping here and there, and said what can we do?
“I must give it to our late boss, he had the courage and boldness and say we must establish Amotekun which is more or less a state police arrangement. But unfortunately these days, that legacy is almost destroyed by the incumbent governor,” Ajayi said.
Ajayi, who was the deputy governor of the state during Akeredolu’s first term in office, recalled how he contributed to the formation of the Amotekun security corps, saying that the current governor isn’t improving the outfit because he does not know how it was formed.
Meanwhile, Aiyedatiwa maintained that he has done enough to improve security in the state since his assumption of office, saying that Ondo State is now rated as one of the safest and most peaceful states in Nigeria.
