PRESS STATEMENT
19TH OCTOBER, 2025
AIYEDATIWA’S GOVERNMENT SHOULD STOP HIDING BEHIND ‘BLACKMAIL’ – ONDO PDP TELLS ODSG
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State notes with utter distaste the rant issued yesterday, Saturday, by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Idowu Ajanaku, where he struggled in vain to paint Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s government as a victim of “blackmailers and cyber extortionists.” This infantile attempt to silence dissent only exposes the government’s creeping paranoia and moral bankruptcy.
Obviously, the only people blackmailing Ondo State today are those occupying Alagbaka who have reduced governance to a bazaar of deceit, propaganda, and self-glorification. A government that’s drowning in scandals, opacity, and waste has no moral right to lecture anyone on integrity. When citizens demand accountability, the usual response from this administration is to cry “blackmail.” It is the archaic tactic of the guilty to play the victim when cornered by truth.
Governor Aiyedatiwa and his handlers should stop dragging the name of Ondo State into their petty propaganda circus. The people are not fooled. They see through the grandstanding and the fake moral outrage. If truly this government has nothing to hide, let it publish the list of contractors, payment records, and the true state of the 2025 budget implementation and not the cosmetic figures cooked up for the press.
It is laughable that an administration that cannot justify its reckless spending or its failure to meet basic obligations to its citizenry and local governments now speaks of “defending truth.” What truth? The truth that the government is on autopilot? The truth that projects have stalled while the State’s purse continues to swell in an unprecedented manner? The truth that our hospitals are dying, schools unconducive and Ondo South almost cut off from the rest of the State? Or the truth that AAUA has been on strike for 2 months with the Students’ Union threatening protests? Let Governor Aiyedatiwa be reminded that those who live by manipulation cannot suddenly pretend to be apostles of morality.
The PDP will not condone empty threats or the misuse of the Cybercrime Act to gag critics. We are aware that the government’s plan is to criminalize criticism and hound voices of accountability. That plan will fail. Ondo people are no longer afraid. They can see that this administration is more interested in chasing shadows than solving the real problems of hunger, unemployment, and infrastructural decay ravaging the state.
Governor Aiyedatiwa should face his job and stop issuing meaningless press statements. The people did not elect him to trade insults with imaginary enemies; they elected him to govern responsibly. Until he does, the PDP will continue to encourage exposure of the lies, waste, and hypocrisy that have become the hallmark of this government. Truth is not defended by threats; it is proven by conduct. Sadly, this government has failed that test very miserably.
Signed:
Wándé T. Àjàyí,
Director of Media & Public Communications,
Ondo State PDP.
