By Dayo Johnson

WIDOW of the late governor of Ondo State, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has traded words with her late husband’s niece, Funke Akeredolu-Aruna, for supporting the governorship ambition of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has fixed its primary election for April. Anyanwu-Akeredolu berated her late husband’s niece on her Instagram account.

Recall that Akeredolu’s widow fell out with Aiyedatiwa, who was then the deputy governor, over his alleged disloyalty to Akeredolu while he was indisposed.

Mrs Anyanwu-Akeredolu, on her Instagram, wrote: “Behold the face of Aketi’s niece, Funke Akeredolu-Aruna, the former deputy Chief Protocol to Aketi, shamelessly parades as ‘I am lucky’ Bloody serpent. Time will tell if she is truly lucky”

But in a swift reaction, Akeredolu-Aruna said that the widow of his late brother was “disappointed that I’m not in their camp against the present Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.”

In her response, she wrote: “I happened to be one of the assistant conveners of Orimisan Lucky Aiyedatiwa Women in Ondo State, a supporting group for his reelection.

“It was during the programme that they took my picture. It is just politics and I want to believe that it is the opposition that took that picture and started sending it around to blackmail me.

“I think that is where the late governor’s wife now got the picture and you know she was disappointed that I’m not in their camp.

“Everybody knows I’m in Lucky’s camp. I have always been there when the whole shenanigans started.

“What happened between the late governor and Aiyedatiwa is just pure politics. Even on the issue of impeachment.

“Mummy that is fighting me and attacking me now, has her reason because she is not supporting this present governor. “At least from Lucky’s side, he gave my uncle a befitting burial which I think he did quite well.”