The immediate past Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has emerged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the State governorship election.
Chairman PDP primary election committee for Ondo State and governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson said Eyitayo won the party’s primary election by polling a total of 760 votes while his opponent , Saka Lawal polled a total of 22 votes.
Jegede, a Senior Advocates of Nigeria 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.
Jegede, is from Akure in the Ondo Central senatorial district, just like Mimiko.
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