Osun guber: PDP elects 2 candidates at parallel primaries

The crisis in the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was blown open on Tuesday as the opposition party elected two governorship candidates at parallel primaries for the July 16 governorship election in the state.

At one of the primaries held at the Osogbo City Stadium, under the supervision of Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, as Chairman of the Osun Governorship primary, Sen. Ademola Adeleke was declared the winner.

While declaring Adeleke as the winner, Ewhrudjakpo said that Adeleke scored 1,887 votes, while his closet rival Sanya Omirin scored four votes.

The primary election was supervised by the party’s representatives from Abuja, as well as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Ewhrudjakpo said that other aspirants, Dele Adeleke scored one vote, Fatai Akinbade, Dotun Babayemi and Akin Ogunbiyi, recorded zero.

He said that a total of 1,916 votes were recorded, while 24 votes were invalid.

“By the power conferred on me as the Chief Returning Officer of this gubernatorial primary election, I hereby declared Adeleke Ademola Jackson, as the winner of this gubernatorial primary for 2022 governorship election in Osun,” he said.

Ewhrudjakpo said that there was no parallel congress in the state.

At another primaries held at the Women and Children Development Initiative Foundation (WOCDIF), Osogbo, there was no party’s representatives from Abuja and INEC representatives were absent, where Prince Dotun Babayemi, was declared the winner.

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At the WOCDIF Centre, Mr. Adelani Ajanaku, the Returning Officer, said that Babayemi scored 1,781 votes, while his closet rival, Adeleke scored 32 votes.

Ajanaku said that Fatai Akinbade scored 28 votes, Ogunbiyi 23 votes and Omirin polled 16 votes, respectively.

He said that 1,907 votes were recorded, with 27 voided.

In his acceptance speech, Babayemi said he was grateful to all his brothers and co-contestants, who voluntarily allowed him to fly the party’s flag.

The Star