#Ondo poll: PDP elders reject central candidacy as Attorney-General resigns for guber race

Some elders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North and South senatorial districts in Ondo State have vowed to shun the party’s primary and also stop the aspirants from the two districts.

Already, the party has fixed its primary for August 22.

The elders stated this at a stakeholders’ forum recently held in Akure, the state Capital.

The communique issued was signed by their Chairman, Senator Omololu Meroyi, Secretary, Hon. Ebenezer Alabi and Public Relations Officer, Hon. Yemi Mahmoud.

They lamented the endorsement of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede SAN, who is from Akure central senatorial district, by Governor Olusegun Mimiko.

They vowed to restrict any move by Mimiko, who is also from the central zone, to impose a candidate from the same district.


The communique reads, “that the next governorship seat should not be retained in the central after an unprecedented eight years of Governor Olusegun Mimiko, who hails from the central senatorial district.

“That aspirants from both the north and the south will not participate in any primary election where central senatorial district will be involved.

“That the obvious involvement of Mimiko towards a particular aspirant from the central senatorial district is already generating discontent capable of tearing the party apart.

“That the ultimate goal is for the PDP to win the November 2016, gubernatorial election in the state”


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