The duo of Lasisi Oluboyo, a former governor of Ondo State and erstwhile APC lawmaker representing Akoko Northeast Federal Constituency and Stephen Olemija, have been accused of instigating political violence in the state. The Olukare-in-Council, which made the accusation, described the activities of both men as treacherous to the people who sacrificed a lot to make them successful.
The Olukare-in-Council are a group of traditional chiefs saddled with the responsibility of choosing traditional rulers and maintaining law and order in a community.
Oluboyo and Olemija had held a meeting where they stated that there was a rotational agreement between Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Constituencies in the selection of candidates to represent them in the House of Representatives.
According to them, the rotational agreement should begin in 2023. They said they would not support any candidate anointed by the Olukare-in-Council because it was not in line with the rotational agreement. However, the council disagreed with the two parties. They accused them of turning their back against the town that brought them into the limelight, stating that Olemija had nothing before the town made him council chairman three times and a voted him into the House of Representatives.
A former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, it was gathered, also brought Oluboyo from the gutter to the limelight by making him a deputy governor in the state. Unfortunately both men have turned around to wage war against the town. The Olukare-in-Council also dismissed the rumoured rotational agreement Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Constituencies, describing it as “beer parlour talk”. They stressed that the selection of a representative for the two local government areas would be jointly determined by the people.
The council added that Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, a member of the House of Reps representing Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West on the platform of the APC had been chosen by the town to contest in the 2023 election.
