Ten aspirants will be seeking to wrestle power from the incumbent.
As the race for the October governorship election in Ondo State intensifies, at least 10 aspirants of the ruling All Progressives Congress , have registered their readiness to battle the incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in the primary holding today, Monday.
He had his primary education in Owo, where he was born to Christian parents before proceeding to Aquinas College in Akure, Loyola College in Ibadan, and the then University of Ife where he obtained his law degree. Apart from this, he would need to contend with the loss of his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, the state secretary, Ifedayo Abegunde, and the former chairman of APC in Ese-Odo LGA, Samuel Olorunwa, who have all left his camp.A two-time governorship candidate in the state, Mr Oke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria , came respectively second and third in both the 2012 and 2016 elections, first on the platform of the PDP and then Alliance for Democracy .
“The media report suggesting that Unity Forum has adopted a consensus candidate to represent the Forum in Ondo APC governorship primary election is misleading,” He was suspended by the party’s disciplinary panel over alleged “gross misconduct and anti-party activities.” One of the arguments against the candidacy of Mr Abraham is that he often leaves the state for Lagos, where most of his businesses are, after elections and returns when another election approaches.Despite the many obstacles against women in Nigeria political space and offices, some women have shown they can still compete.
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