Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State have commenced lobbying to be picked as running mates to the parties’ respective governorship candidates.
Incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, emerged as the candidate of the APC, while Mr Eyitayo Jegede, got the PDP ticket.
In the APC, for instance, it was learnt that aspirants, who were aware of the party’s position, had joined the lobby in order to brighten their chances, while some had taken their case to party chieftains outside the state. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “One thing that is certain is that the running mate will come from Ondo South, but we have a lot of them, who are seriously lobbying. Even some of the governorship aspirants are among them.
There have been calls from within the party at the state and national levels for the candidate to settle for the current deputy governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi.
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