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BREAKING: Tayo Jegede is PDP governorship candidate in Ondo
BY NICHOLAS ABE
Former gubernatorial candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Tayo Jegede, SAN, in the 2016 governorship election in Ondo State, has won the Ondo PDP Governorship Primary.
Jegede defeated other aspirants with a total of 888 votes, according to a tweet posted early hours of Thursday on the PDP’s handle.
He beat his closest competitor, the current Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, who came second with 657 votes.
Ajayi had been engaged in a running battle with the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, which led to his decamping to PDP from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akeredolu had since been elected the APC candidate for the election holding October 10, 2020.
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