‘Baseless’ – Interior minister debunks claims of rift with Aiyedatiwa

The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has debunked rumours of a rift with the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

The minister spoke on Thursday in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state, during a medical outreach programme organised by Grassroots Movement for Tinubu (GMT).

He described the claims of rift with the governor as baseless.

The minister, who was represented at the event by a former Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Engagement (Northern Senatorial District), Mr. Bode Obanla, said his position would not deter him from working positively with the people in his home state.

Tunji-Ojo promised to back programmes initiated to promote the President.

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“At this point, any group that mobilises for ‘Asiwaju’ (Tinubu), that is the group we will love.

“There are about five, six groups in Ondo State now. Anybody who wants to form a group in the state, they will come and I will support them. That of GMT is a different one, because they are full of initiatives.

“And I discovered that it is not a group formed in Ondo State. It’s a group formed across the nation; this is a chapter.

“Last week, they held a seminar in Lagos, and I was there. These are the kind of initiatives I will love. What they have started now, I will support them to go to the villages.

“So, there is nothing wrong with this support. We are not fighting. What is important is that we promote our President,” he stated.