Eyitayo Jegede
Former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Eyitayo Jegede, on Monday emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Ondo State governorship election, according to Premium Times.
Mr. Jegede, a Senior Advocates of Nigeria, scored 760 votes to beat Saka Lawal, his only rival, who scored only 22 votes.
Mr. Jegede had on July 23 resigned his appointment in preparation to contest the governorship election come November this year.
His aspiration is presently creating disquiet within the party, as he is seen as Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s anointed candidate.
Some aspirants under the PDP had protested the seeming imposition, saying it might result in the party failing to win the governorship election.
Mr. Jegede, is from Akure in the Ondo Central senatorial district, just like Mr. Mimiko. Mr. Jegede will be preparing to slug it out with one of the leading gubernatorial aspirants in Ondo, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN - a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association contesting under the banner of the All Progressives Congress.
Mr. Jegede, a Senior Advocates of Nigeria, scored 760 votes to beat Saka Lawal, his only rival, who scored only 22 votes.
Mr. Jegede had on July 23 resigned his appointment in preparation to contest the governorship election come November this year.
His aspiration is presently creating disquiet within the party, as he is seen as Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s anointed candidate.
Some aspirants under the PDP had protested the seeming imposition, saying it might result in the party failing to win the governorship election.
Mr. Jegede, is from Akure in the Ondo Central senatorial district, just like Mr. Mimiko. Mr. Jegede will be preparing to slug it out with one of the leading gubernatorial aspirants in Ondo, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN - a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association contesting under the banner of the All Progressives Congress.
Akeredolu has garned massive support in his tour of all the Local Government Areas in Ondo from his recently concluded tour and intense campaign on social and online media.
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