Ondo PDP primary: Aspirants scramble for 627 delegates
Governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are going for a break in their attempts to get the majority of the delegates that would participate at the party’s primary scheduled for Thursday, April 24.
A total of 626 delegates were elected at special congresses to vote in the primary.
The aspirants are Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, Hon Agboola Ajayi, Engr Adeolu Akinwumi, Chief Sola Ebiseni, John Ola Mafo, Bosun Arebuwa and Hon Kolade Akinjo.
Sources said the aspirants are offering various amounts of money to the delegates.
The aspirants have not engaged in any war of words ahead of today’s primary.
The spokesman for the Ondo PDP, Kennedy Peretei, said the primary would be transparent and that the winner would be accepted by party members.
Akingboye said he was sure of securing victory at the polls.
He said he expected the party to conduct a primary that would be fair to all stakeholders.
Mafo said he hoped many delegates would vote for him as God would direct them to vote.
He said: “I will come out triumphant. You can trust the PDP to conduct a transparent, free and fair primary. I am in touch with the delegates.”
- The Nation
