Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has denied endorsing any presidential candidate under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying his aim is to see a Southerner become the president in the 2023 presidential election.

The governor in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde said the intention of the writer who reported that he endorsed a particular aspirant, though juvenile, was to drag him into unnecessary declarations, despite public knowledge of his position as the Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum. LEADERSHIP reports.

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In his words: “In clear terms, the widely circulated statement never emanated from Governor Akeredolu. It was driven by overzealous partisan interests calculated to exploit the political capital of the Governor for personal gains”. Information Guide Nigeria

“We, however, urge members of the public, particularly, members of the APC and the party supporters to disregard the statement as it does not represent the collective decision of the Southern Governors’ Forum which Governor Akeredolu leads”. jamb results