Ahead of the Ondo State governorship election slated for October 10, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede has emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s standard bearer.
The party confirmed this on its social media page.
The PDP said Jegede defeated other aspirants with a total vote of 888, while the current Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, came second with 657 votes. Congrats!
“BreakingNews! @TayoJegedeSAN, former Guber Candidate of @OfficialPDPNig in the 2016 election has won the Ondo state PDP Governoship Primary. He defeated other aspirants with a total vote of 888, while the current Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi came 2nd with 657 votes. Congrats,” PDP said
The other aspirants included Eddy Olafeso who polled 175 votes, Banji Okunomo who polled 90 votes, Olabode Ayorinde who polled 95 votes and Boluwaji Kunlere who polled 33 votes.
While Olusola Ebiseeni and Godday Erewa polled 29 and 14 votes respectively, the total number of invalid votes stands at 64.
After gathering the highest number of votes in the indirect mode adopted by the party, Chairman of the PDP Primary Election Committee and Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi declared Jegede the winner of the exercise.
Also present at the primary is Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri among other members.
With this development, Jegede will now battle the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu in the governorship election which is barely three months away.
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