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Gov Aregbesola few days back celebrated his 2years in office,he had an interactive session with journalists,This is what he told journalists about the ondo Election.
Since the last governorship election in Ondo State, you have not made any comment regarding the election. Any particular reason for this?
Every vocation has strategy and most of us forget the strategies of politics. When you win, you brag; when you lose, you are barred. What happened in Ondo gave some people their bragging season and we allowed them to brag. When a man has cause to brag, allow him to brag because it is normal. Their bragging season is almost over. Coming with bragging is bashing and we had our own bashing. In democracy, the beauty of it is maturity; you must go into every democratic contest with the zeal to win. If you win, brag; if you lose, take your loss; identify your weaknesses; see how you can build on it and move on. It is not unlikely that there might be a rematch. Just wait and watch.
Also, the beauty of democracy is that, you have the right to compete and struggle for power. We deployed everything we had to unseat the party that was there because we feel we could do better, but, unfortunately, our calculation could not do it. In any democratic contest, somebody must win and somebody must lose, but, mind you, that cannot be our end, not in Ondo or any other place because we are still going to challenge every bit of the ground of Ondo and, if it happens again tomorrow, expect us there. That is the way of politics.
There is the allegation that you used the resources of Osun to fight the Ondo governorship battle…?
The answer is no and we all know it. Perception is usually false, but as false as perception is, it is almost 99 per cent reality. If I have used Osun resources to fight Ondo battle, where would I have the money to pay salaries? We have not defaulted in salary payments and our programmes and projects are on-going. Where then is the speculation from? I think some people are just doing that for mischief, there is no iota of truth in it. Of course, as it is required of all democrats, I put in the best to ensure that my party wins and that is what democrats do. When it is over, it is over and we march on.
We also learnt that Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, is warming up to join the process to unseat you because of the efforts you were said to have put into the process of the Ondo election…?
We welcome him. I think that he has said that he is not keen on that now, but if he is keen, we welcome him with open hands.
