Eko Hot Blog reports that a former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has emerged as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary.
Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, the deputy governor of Bayelsa, who chaired the electoral committee that supervised the primary poll, announced the results on Thursday in Akure, the state capital.
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According to Ewhrudjakpo, Agboola polled 264 votes of the 621 votes cast during the contest.
His closet rival, a former member of the House of Representatives, Kolade Akinjo, got 157 votes.
Other results showed that a former Secretary General of the Afenifere, Chief Sola Ebiseni, polled 99 votes, Adeolu Akinwumi got 64 votes, Bamidele Akingboye scored 24, Mr John Mafo polled nine and Mr Bosun Arebuwa had two votes.
Recall that Ajayi served as deputy governor to the late governor Rotimi Akeredolu in his first term. He later moved to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following irreconcilable differences.
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He, however, contested the 2020 election on the platform of the Zenith Labour Party after losing the PDP ticket to Eyitayo Jegede. He finished third in the poll with 69,127 votes.
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He will now face the incumbent governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, another of Akeredolu’s former deputy at the November poll.
Aiyedatiwa had earlier emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
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