A former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, has won the 2020 governorship primary
Jegede polled 888 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ondo Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, who garnered 657 votesThe primary was keenly contested between Jegede and Ajayi, who joined the PDP last month after he resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress .
Other aspirants in the race such as National Vice Chairman PDP South West, Dr. Eddy Olafeso polled 175; former Ondo PDP spokesman Banji Okunomo got 90 votes; Ayorinde Olabode garnered 95 votes; Senator Kunlere Boluwaji polled 33 votes, Ebiseni Sola got 29 votes while Godday Erewa scored 14 votes.Members and supporters of the PDP ignored warning not to come to the venue if they were not delegates.
Trouble initially started when some PDP youths claimed to have caught some people with thumbprinted ballot papers. The ballot papers were later discovered to be samples used to enlighten party supporters on mode of voting.Accreditation of delegates began at about 1pm while voting began at about 2:30pm.
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