Ikale Liberation Movement demands justice, equity ahead 2019 elections in Ondo

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a group, Ikale Liberation Movement (ILM), has warned the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the party stand the risk of losing next year’s general election in Okitipupa Local Government Area to its main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), if there is no equity, justice and fair play in apportioning elective positions to the various communities in the area.

The group, comprising youths in the council area maintained that in the interest of peace, community development, equity and justice, the APC leadership must ensure that every community in the area is taken care of in the power sharing formula to avoid a situation that may not augur well for the party.

This much was made known to our correspondent at Okitipupa, the council headquarters by the representative of the group.

According to the Publicity Secretary, Michael Kingsley, “It will not do the APC any good if a community like Ilutitun is allowed to produce the House of Representatives candidate for the coming election since the community has been given the nod to produce the Council Chairman during the forthcoming local government election in the state.

So Ilutitun aspirant must give way to the only aspirant from Ode Aye that has shown interest,” he declared.

According to him, other communities like Ode-Aye, Okitipupa, Igbotako, Ayeka Igbodogo, Ode – Erinje among others should be allowed to produce House of Representatives candidate while Igbotako should be allowed to produce the House of Assembly for the purpose of equity, justice and fair play that will ensure victory for the party next year.

The group argued that the ward comprising Iju-Odo, Iju – Oke and Erekiti – Luwoye have had varieties of appointments in the administration of ‘Arakunrin’ Olurotimi Akeredolu, with the former Chief of Staff to the late Agagu, Hon. Femi Agagu now Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology,

Funke Agagu and Sunday Oyepintemi as main beneficiaries, leaving other communities with nothing. They further argued that if the party leadership fails to remedy the situation before the party primaries, it will lead to mass exodus of party members to the PDP, they warned.