One of those who is said to have endorsed Mr Ajayi is a former governor of the state, Olusegun Mimiko.
Mr Mimiko is the leader of the ZLP in Ondo. He was adopted as the party’s presidential candidate for the 2019 general elections but suspended his presidential candidacy to run for senator in Ondo West. He lost the senatorial election.
The officials asked not to be named because they were not authorised to talk to the media and a formal announcement was yet tot be made. Another close associate of Mr Ajayi told PREMIUM TIMES that “it is true that he’s moving to ZLP because the party has existing structure in the state. We want to play on Mimiko’s template and populate it. There’s still room for substitution of names with INEC. The party will just withdraw the name of the person put there as a decoration. We expect the deputy governor to officially announce before next Monday.
The State Chairman of ZLP, Joseph Akinlaja, is yet to respond to PREMIUM TIMES enquiries as of the time of filing this report.Mr Ajayi’s ZLP candidacy is expected to increase to three, the major candidates for the October 10 election.
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