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Photos: Leaders Of Aiyedatiwa’s Red Beret-Wearing Guber Campaign Foot Soldiers
has continued to attract wild imaginations
Governor of Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Tuesday, February 12, 2024, officially declared his ambition to retain his seat.
The Governor’s declaration during a stakeholders meeting at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Arcade ground in the state capital, Akure adds to the talking points in the race to determine the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 21, 2024, Ondo state gubernatorial election.
But a more prominent talking point is the emergence of the red -beret-wearing foot soldiers of Aiyedatiwa’s gubernatorial campaign.
Operating under the identify the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers (LACO – FS), the association that hit town a couple of days ago has continued to attract wild imaginations with the decision for its members to wear “red beret”.
The imagination sparked by wearing the Red beret has resulted in accusations of cultism against Governor campaign foot soldiers.
The allegations were so widespread that LACO-FS was forced to address the claims in a statement signed by the Director of Communication, Kayode Fasua.
The statement which declared that LACO-FS “is a peaceful, mainstream campaign organisation for the Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa, and has never been in anyway associated with thuggery, brigandage, or anything untoward” posted by Sunday Olugbenga Abire, the Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Aiyedatiwa featured faces of the leaders of the campaign foot soldiers.
Aiyedatiwa, who was battling to retain his seat as Deputy Governor, became Governor with the death of his principal Rotimi Akeredolu on December 27, 2024.
