A former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has been elected as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the October 10 governorship election in the state.
Jegede defeated other contestants having polled 888 votes, while the deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola Ajayi, polled 657 votes; and the PDP National Vice Chairman, Dr Eddy Olafeso, came third with 175 votes.
Also, Dr Bode Ayorinde scored 95 votes, Mr Banji Okunomo polled 90, Senator Boluwaji Kunlere got 33, Sola Ebiseni scored 29 and Godday Erewa polled 13 votes.
The election was keenly contested among the eight aspirants, and no fewer than 2,122, delegates from the 18 local government areas of the state participated in the election.
The accreditation of the delegates commenced around 10am while the delegates started to cast their votes around 2pm at the main, auditorium of the International Event Centre, Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The exercise was conducted in line with COVID-19 protocols as any delegate or stakeholder without tag or face mask on was not allowed into the arena.
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The deputy governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, who is in a running battle with Governor Akeredolu lost out in the race despite defecting from APC to PDP in June, with the hope of picking the party’s ticket so he can run against the governor.
Jegede will now slug it out with Akeredolu on October 10 in the governorship election.
