Ondo may just be Tinubu's best ever play or it may just be exactly as the media and the rumor mill have reported it; a tale of manipulation, desperation and betrayal.
If the former is the case and Aketi wins, then BAT should get an Oscar for the best screenplay considering the fact that the same Aketi who he practically selected and openly backed came in third at the polls four years ago, an evidence of the Ondo people revolting against imposition by the Bourdillon 'colonialist' perhaps.
Although there is still talk about Akeredolu's unpopularity, there are also muted celebrations and unrestrained cheers at the seemingly triumph over Tinubu's crusade to claim the entire Southwest. Aketi appears to be the poster grandpa for that revolt and should benefit to a reasonable extent from daring to deglove the hands that once fed him.
I understand that the Iroko tree has been uprooting and replanting himself from Akure to Abuja and back to Akure. What is he really going about for? Is there going to be something major happening to him when he leaves office like a bounty on his head? Was he at Aso Rock to simply brief the president on the elections or was he negotiating a buy out clause?
I see the alliance for democracy candidate Mr Oke as a good man. His demeanor appears not cut out for the 'roforofo' that is the Nigerian political space but i think he could be a good governor. Olu Agunloye, a former minister of power and someone i used to think looked like Wole Soyinka is also in the arena for the SDP but i think his lack of affiliation with the mainstream Naija politics like we've known it will count against him. Jimoh Ibrahim is one interesting fellow, he tried his best to deliver his best Trump impression at the debate yesterday and it made for really good laugh.
Jimoh said he'd stop personal income taxation and security votes. The most amazing of all was that he would raise minimum wage in Ondo to N75,000 just like it's done in all his companies. He boasted about the fleet of fuel stations he has in Ondo state alone and one wonders if the pump attendants there actually earn 75 grand a month. How did the PDP get themselves into this mitotic phase in the first place?
The people may have been swayed by his rhetoric and may jolly well troop out to vote for him en masse; in this age of BREXIT and Trump, it will be folly to rule him out.
Politics at the end of the day is still politics; no permanent allies and foes. Tinubu didn't support president Buhari until APC happened and Fayose at one point actively campaigned for Fayemi and he will do even more to escape what awaits him when his tenure ends and immunity vaporizes. If Aketi wins, Tinubu will probably be with him to celebrate so do not be surprised. At the end, what Nigerians should ensure is good governance and accountability from these men and women entrusted with public office and not lining up on the street during working hours to collect small pieces of cake and N100 for coke on someone's birthday.
Perhaps the Ondo resistance will finally fall come this weekend, who knows?
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