The chairman of the Ondo State People’s Democratic Party primary election committee and the Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, have assured the seven aspirants of the party jostling for the party’s ticket of a fair, free, and credible election.
Ewhrudjakpo, while speaking before the commencement of the primary election in Akure, said the party is set to take over power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.
He said the post-primary exercise will be rancour-free, assuring that the aspirants have expressed their desire to work with anyone who emerges as the party’s governorship candidate.
The Bayelsa deputy governor said, “We are in Ondo State for the conduct of the PDP gubernatorial primaries, where we have seven aspirants, and you know electoral rules require that for a candidate to emerge in any party, primaries should be conducted.
“Three forms of elections are provided for in the Electoral Acts 2022; we have direct, indirect, and consensus primaries. But here today, we are adopting the indirect primaries for which we are here.
“We expect about 627 delegates for the election, and we are all set; all members of the panel are here, and the accreditation has started.
“So, we are prepared, and the aspirants are in high spirits, and they have assured me that they would agree to work together for whoever emerged as the candidate.
“The problem with our party is how to get the power back from the APC that has taken power from us for the past eight years.
“We expect a very transparent, free, fair, credible, and rancour-free election, and I have gotten the commitment of all the aspirants that they will abide by the outcome, and we are going to make it as transparent as possible.
“You may be aware of my record that I was the one who conducted the primaries in Osun state, and we won in Osun. I’m here again to conduct the primaries in Ondo State, and by the grace of God, we are going to win because the sun of the last year is still the same as this year, so the rain will fall and the farmers will have a good harvest.”
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