PHOTOS: Aiyedatiwa meets Ondo political leaders ahead of APC rally

Politics Spice Special Features Education Sex & Relationship Interview Columns Opinion Advertise with us PHOTOS: Aiyedatiwa meets Ondo political leaders ahead of APC rally Politics November 3, 2026 3:48 pm Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa (middle), with the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele; Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; and Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, during a meeting at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja ahead of the November 11 presidential campaign rally in Akure. Photo: Motunrayo Oyedele.

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has met with three ministers from the state in Abuja ahead of the All Progressives Congress presidential campaign rally scheduled for November 11 in Akure.

The meeting, which held on Monday night at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan.

In the statement, Adeniyan said, “Last night, the Governor of Ondo State, His Excellency, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, received the Honourable Minister of Finance and the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Prof. Taiwo Oyedele, the Honourable Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo and the Honourable Minister of Youth Development, Mr. Ayodele Olawande, at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.” Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa (middle), with the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele; Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo; and Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, during a meeting at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja ahead of the November 11 presidential campaign rally in Akure. Photo: Motunrayo Oyedele.

He added that the meeting was part of preparations for the forthcoming rally.

“The meeting forms part of preparations for the Ondo State Presidential Campaign rally scheduled for November 11, 2026, in Akure,” the statement added.

The meeting brought together the governor and the three ministers from Ondo State who are serving in President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The Ondo State chapter of the APC had earlier constituted a 228-member Presidential Campaign Council ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The council, according to a statement by the party’s state chairman, Kolawole Babatunde, is expected to coordinate campaign activities, mobilise support across the state and drive the party’s grassroots engagement.

Aiyedatiwa will chair the council, while Deputy Governor Olayide Adelami will serve as Vice Chairman I.

The Minister of Interior, Tunji-Ojo; Minister of Finance, Oyedele; Minister of Youth Development, Olawande; Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji; and Babatunde were also listed as vice chairmen.

Former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Victor Olabimtan, was named Director-General of the council, while Olumuyiwa Adu was appointed Deputy Director-General.

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