PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said that the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State would be free and fair and an appreciable improvement on that of Edo State.

THE Mimiko Campaign Organisation, MCO, yesterday alerted the security agencies and people of Ondo State of alleged plans by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, to begin the systematic importation of another rounds of armed thugs into the state from the neighbouring Ekiti and Osun states.

LEADERS of the Action Congress of Nigeria ACN yesterday stormed Ondo State asking the people of the state to reject Governor Olusegun Mimiko in the October 20 governorship election.

THE Akeredolu Campaign Organisation, ACO, has described the allegation by the Mimiko Campaign Organisation, MCO, that the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, is training some youths to unleash terror in State not only as spurious but unfounded.

IN a swift reaction, the Mimiko Campaign Organisation warned that no amount of mega rallies; bad mouthing and grandstanding against the Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the ruling Labour Party (LP) could sway the people of the state into voting for the ACN.

GOV. Olusegun Mimiko through his Campaign Organisation, yesterday chided the former governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, over his attempt to challenge his removal from office, saying that Agagu was on an ego trip.

THE Labour Party in Ondo State yesterday urged members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State to concentrate on their campaign rather than embarking on media stunts to score cheap political points.

The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in the October 20 election, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday concluded his campaign tour of wards with a promise to transform the coastal areas of Ondo State by building a sea port at Ilaje area that would boost the economy of the state

THIRTY days to the October 20 governorship election in Ondo State, the leading contenders are upping the ante to out-do one another.

TO halt the growing tension in Ondo State ahead of the October 20 governorship poll, the 13 candidates and their parties, National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, a former Chief of the Defence Staff, General Alani Akinrinade, and other stakeholders, weekend, agreed on strategies to make the election peaceful, free and fair.

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) in an interactive session with journalists in Lagos shared his thoughts on issues surrounding his emergence, governance in Ondo and his plans to enthrone a new political culture in the Sunshine State.

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has identified the twin problems of credible leadership and improper planning as some of the factors militating against the emergence of Nigeria as a great country.

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke has said that his economic policy would unleash the much expected economic rebirth for the people of the state, if elected as a governor of the state.

The people of Ondo State must by now be wary of the gradual creeping of Mbadiwenism (with due respect to late Dr. Mbadiwe, Nigeria’s first Republic Minister) verbosity and indigenous word coinage unknown to English dictionary but well understood in the Nigerian context.

THE Independent Campaign Network (ICN), an arm of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) complementing the gubernatorial efforts of Mr. Rotimi Akerodolu has accused the Ondo state government owned Radio-Vision Corporation OSRC of unethical practices.