Fidelis David reports that history was made on Monday with the swearing-in of Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the Seventh Executive Governor of Ondo State amid high expectations from the people of the Sunshine State.
Following his victory in the November 16, 2024 governorship poll in Ondo state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa was on Monday, February 24, 2025 sworn-in as the seventh executive governor of the state.
Precisely, since the creation of Ondo State on 3rd of February 1976, by the military administration of General Murtala Muhammed, 19 people have served as governor; 12 military governors and seven civilian governors, including Governor Aiyedatiwa, who was sworn in on the 27th of December 2023 to complete the tenure of late Governor OluwarotimiAkeredolu who died in 2023 after a prolonged illness.