BY BUKOLA BARDI
A CHIEFTAIN OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN ONDO STATE, DR BENSON ENIKUOMEHIN HAS ADVISED THE PARTY TO PICK ITS DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE BASED ON MERIT AND NOT ON SENTIMENT.
DR ENIKUOMEHIN GAVE THE ADVICE WHEN HE FEATURED ON A POSITIVE FM PROGRAMME “POLITICAL PODIUM”
HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF THE PARTY MR EYITAYO JEGEDE NEEDED A HIGHLY CEREBRAL AND COMMITTED PERSONALITY LIKE HIM TO COLLECTIVELY BRING A NEW DAWN TO ONDO STATE.
ENIKUOMEHIN SAID “OUR LEADERS MUST SIT DOWN AND PICK CANDIDATE NOT BASED ON SENTIMENT MY PARTY MUST GET IT RIGHT, ONCE THAT IS RIGHT, PUT SOME OF US AT THE FOREFRONT OF CAMPAIGN, WE WOULD CHAMPION THE COURSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD COURSE, WE KNOW THE PRODUCT WE ARE SELLING, WE HAVE TESTED ONE, WE HAVE OBSERVED ONE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH ONE, WHAT IS THE RESULT”
DR ENIKUOMEHIN BOASTED THAT THE PDP WAS DETERMINED TO WRESTLE POWER FROM THE RULING ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS AND URGED THE PEOPLE OF THE SUNSHINE STATE TO VOTE FOR THE PARTY AT THE OCTOBER TEN POLL.
SPEAKING ON FEELERS THAT THE ONDO STATE GOVERNOR, MR AGBOOLA AJAYI WHO RECENTLY LOST THE PDP GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY ELECTION WAS PLANNING TO PURSUE HIS AMBITION IN THE ZENITH LABOUR PARTY, DR ENIKUOMEHIN SAID MR AGBOOLA NEVER BELONGED TO THE UMBRELLA LOGO PARTY AND WISHED HIM WELL IF HE EVENTUALLY EXITS THE PARTY.
THE FORMER NDDC COMMISSIONER HOWEVER NOTED THAT HE WARNED HIS PARTY BEFORE ADMITING THE EMBATTELED DEPUTY GOVERNOR
ON THE FORTHCOMING PDP’S DELEGATES ELECTION HOLDING NEXT WEEK, DR ENIKUOMEHIN WHO IS VYING FOR THE POSITION OF DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY URGED DELEGATES TO VOTE IN AN EXCO THAT WOULD FURTHER INCREASE THE FORTUNES OF THE PDP.