By Ayodele Oni
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim representing Ondo Southern Senatorial District and governorship aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo State has refused to give any commitment on the court case instituted to challenge the outcome of the party’s primary.
Ibrahim had on Friday honoured the invitation extended to him by the leader of Pan Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and Oba Olu Falae in Akure to appeal to him to drop the suit.
The 98-year-old Yoruba leader had written a letter to the senator, who is currently in court over the governorship primary election of the APC inviting him for a reconciliatory meeting.
Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, at a closed-door meeting with the Afenifere leader and former Minister of Finance, Oba Olu Falae, at Pa Fasoranti’s residence, was prevailed upon to withdraw the court case and allow peace to reign.
The nonagenarian was said to have appealed to Senator Ibrahim to accept the reconciliatory move by the Governor and the APC.
Appreciating the elder statesmen, Senator Ibrahim, who, among other aspirants, did not vote in the governorship primary of the party, told the elders that Governor Aiyedatiwa did not have roadmap for reconciliation.
The meeting, which was also attended by Senator Tayo Alasoadura and other prominent stakeholders in the state, appears not to have achieved its aim as the senator did not promise Pa Fasoranti and others that he would back down on the legal tussle.
The Governor Usman Ododo-led Governorship Primary Election Committee had failed to distribute election materials at the distribution center at Ijapo Estate, Akure, but still went ahead to declare Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the winner of the election.
Senator had approached the court with evidence including true certified copies of reports of Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) officials who monitored the primary election.
He is praying the court to either declare a rerun of the party’s governorship primary or exclude his party from the November 16, 2024 gubernatorial election in the State.
