Ondo 2024: Crack In PDP As Gov Candidate, Party Disagree Over Campaign Council

There seems to be a crack in the Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party ahead of the November 16 governorship election.

The party and its candidate Agboola Ajayi, have disagreed over the composition of the party’s campaign council.

Ajayi had in a statement on Monday by his media aide, Sam Ogunmusi, unveiled his campaign council with a former PDP National Vice Chairman (South-West), Dr Eddy Olafeso, as chairman.

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But in a swift reaction, the party, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr Kennedy Peretei, countered Ajayi, rejecting his campaign council.

Peretei said, “The announcement by one Samuel Ogunmusi appointing persons to coordinate the campaigns of H.E. Agboola Ajayi for the November election is not only embarrassing but a violation of the PDP Constitution (2017 as amended).

“Articles 46(1) and 40(1)(a)(b) and (c) do not permit such announcement coming from individuals not known to the party. To such an extent, all the supposed announcements are null, void and of no effect.

“Our party is an organised party and guided by the rule of law. At the appropriate time, appointments for the local campaign council will be made public.”