Former Minister ,11 Others Pick PDP Governorship Form In Ekiti

 
Ahead of the PDP  primary for the Ekiti state governorship election, about 12 chieftains of the party have signified interest for the party ticket.
The party  primary would hold on March 15 while INEC has fixed June 21 for the governorship election.
Among those who have picked the nomination forms were former minister Navy Captain Caleb Olubolade (rtd), Prince Dayo Adeyeye,Senator Gbenga Aluko, Chief Bisi Omoyeni, Mr Ayo Fayose and  Chief Biodun Aluko.
Also yesterday, four governorship aspirants also surfaced at the party national secretariat to pick the nomination forms.
The list include,Prince Bodunde Adeyanju, Honourable  Adewale Aribisala,  Otunba Peter Obafemi and Mrs. Bola Oloyede.
Addressing newsmen yesterday, the four aspirants spoke in favour of the consensus option which they believed would ensure that the PDP  confront the ruling APC government in Ekiti state  as a united opposition party.
Prince Bodunde Adeyanju, told newsmen that  there was the  need for all aspirants to agree to the consensus option ahead of the governorship election in order to defeat the incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi of the APC.
“If you go to the war with a factionalised team, you won`twin.”
“The best thing for the PDP now that they want to go and face APC is to ensure unity in the state chapter of the party.”
Speaking in same vein,  the only female aspirant who has picked the expression of interest form, Mrs  Bola Oloyede declared that conduct of primary to pick the party ticket would further polarise the PDP in the state. Another aspirant,  Peter Obafemi said the idea of consensus candidate as canvassed by President Goodluck Jonathan was to help avoid rancour that often trail primary in the party.
He however expressed aversion to the zoning arrangement for the emergence of the party candidate.
“You don’t zone what you don’t have;right now PDP is not in government in Ekiti, it is the APC that is in government that can be talking of zoning and not PDP. Let  us leave that alone for now and work for the success of the party. After that, we can be talking of zoning”.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

3 Comments

  1. They will all fail . The Ekitis are no longer interested in PDP . They have chose the part of progress and will remain with the progressive like Fayemi.

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