March 10, (THEWILL)- Princess Oladuni Odu, a former Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG) in the Rotimi Akeredolu Administration, has jettisoned her ambition to govern the sunshine state.
Oladunni who had earlier made her intentions known, to occupy the number one seat in Ondo State has collapsed her political structure to support the ambition of Senator Jimoh Ibrahim. The politician has directed her supporters under the ‘Iwajowa’ Political Group to team up and start working with  Ibrahim’s ‘Aseyori’ Group. She pledged to work and galvanise her group towards ensuring the success of Ibrahim in the April primary.
The 71-year-old had earlier boasted of being the most qualified to succeed her late boss having made history as the first SSG in the state not also forgetting her unflinching loyalty to the governor right from the inception of his administration in 2016. She also prided herself on being around the seat of power for 27 years and therefore being more exposed to governance than all the other aspirants. In addition, she believed that the state was long overdue for a woman to govern and that necessitated her throwing her hat into the ring.
While declaring her ambition at that time, she had urged political parties to choose women as the governorship candidate. A former Commissioner for Education in the state between 1995 and 1999, and later Commissioner for Women’s Affairs, she is also the pioneer Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
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