Press Statement.
The Tola Alabere-led State Working Committee of the PDP in Ondo State, today presented former Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Alfred Ajayi as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for the November 16 2024 gubernatorial election in Ondo State.
The Stakeholders’ meeting, being the first since the April 25, 2024 Guber Primary was well attended. State Acting Chairman, Basorun Tola Alabere appreciated leaders and members of the party for their support which made the party record outstanding success in the last party primary election. He thereafter invited the 2020 gubernatorial candidate, Balogun Eyitayo Jegede SAN to officially present the gubernatorial candidate to the party.
Unveiling the gubernatorial candidate, Hon Agboola Alfred Ajayi to party stakeholders, Balogun Eyitayo Jegede appealed to party members to consider the interest of the masses, the downtrodden, the poor students, market women, pregnant women who could no longer access decent medical facilities, insisting that there was no sacrifice too much to make in the interest of these categories of people. He therefore appealed to party stakeholders not to consider any sacrifice too much, that will ultimately lead to the victory of the party at the November 16, 2024, election.
Responding, the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Hon Agboola Alfred Ajayi thanked leaders and members of the party for the opportunity given to him to fly its flag, adding that he would never take it for granted. Agboola promised to carry party stakeholders along in every decision that he would be taking. The gubernatorial candidate expressed his belief that God has chosen him to liberate the State in a time like this while assuring them of electoral victory at the polls.
Notable and prominent party leaders in attendance includes Ondo State former Deputy-Governor Ambassador Omolade Oluwateru, former SouthWest PDP Vice-Chairman Olorogun Eddy Olafeso, former Ondo PDP State Chairman Dr. Tayo Dairo and One of the Gubernatorial aspirant during the last governorship primary, Prince John Ola Mafo.
Leye Igbabo
Director of Media and Publicity PDP Ondo State