Ondo PDP Primary: We’ll win November governorship Election — Jegede, PDP
The former governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has said that the governorship candidate of the party, Chief Agboola Ajayi, will win the November election and put the state back on the path of growth and development.
Jegede, in his congratulatory message to Ajayi, who won the party’s governorship primary election on Thursday, said in a statement in Akure, appealed to Ajayi’s co-contestants to join hands with him to rescue the state.
The statement reads, “I congratulate H.E. Alfred Agboola Ajayi on his emergence as the governorship candidate of the PDP in Ondo State in the upcoming contest for the office of governor later this year. I equally congratulate the PDP family on the successful conduct of the party primary.
No doubt, the outcome of the primary conducted signals the beginning of the great struggle to wrestle power from the APC-led government and put Ondo State again on the path of growth and development.
“It is time to join hands and build a party that will fulfil the hopes and aspirations of the people.
“I call on all the aspirants/contestants in the race, who coincidentally are from the southern senatorial zone, to cooperate fully with the candidate and be part of the great push for the rebirth of our dear state.
Also, the State People’s Democratic Party, has congratulated the candidate on his emergence as its flagbearer for the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
The party’s publicity secretary, Kennedy Peretei, said in a statement that “our party also congratulates all other contestants who displayed a high sense of sportsmanship and decorum during and after the primary election.
It was a family affair, which has demonstrated to the entire world that the PDP is serious about its readiness to re-occupy the Alagbaka Government House, Akure.