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360:(PDP) in 1998 and was made the Secretary of PDP in Ilaje/Ese Odo LGA between 1998 and 1999. He was later made the Supervisor for Agriculture for Ese-Odo LGA from 1999 to 2001 and subsequently appointed as Supervisor for Works and Transport for Ese-Odo LGA from 2001 to 2003. He then went on to become the
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of Ondo State (CP Bolaji Salami) and his armed policemen restricted and barred Ajayi from leaving his official residence in the
Government House for over four hours; and when he finally gained his freedom he went straight to his Apoi Ward 2 in Ese-Odo LGA to tender his resignation from the APC party
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October 2020 Governorship election in Ondo Election with Gboye Adegbenro as his running mate. On 11 October 2020, Akeredolu and Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa were re-elected Governor and deputy governor of Ondo State as announced by the
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Ajayi was born on 24 September 1968 to Chief Newton Ajayi and Mrs
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and that the APC party 'has become a poisoned space'. He then joined
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Ajayi started his political career under the platform of
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