A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Oladunni Odu, has expressed confidence in Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the party’s candidate, emerging victorious in Saturday’s governorship poll in the state.

Odu, the first female Secretary to the State Government, SSG, who served under Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Okitipupa that the Ondo electorate would vote Progressives to stay with the ruling party at the centre.

The APC chieftain said that the party’s women forum in the state was ready for the governorship poll and had mobilised support for Aiyedatiwa.

“In Nigeria of today, the women folk play an active role in participatory democracy and as strong supporters in the home front. The state APC women have canvassed in their homes and neighbourhood for the party. The women population is always more. So, the backing of the women will go a long way to shore up the victory margin of APC at the off-cycle governorship election,” Odu said.

The APC chieftain said that there was no chance for any of the other opposition parties to claim victory, stressing “none of them has the leverage of APC.”

Odu said that APC had established a formidable foundation for the economic development and political stability of Ondo State under late Akeredolu, adding “his successor, Aiyedatiwa, has followed in the same stride.”

She appealed to the electorate in the state to turn out en masse and cast their votes for APC for the government to consolidate on its programmes and the progress made in the state.