Ogun Guber: INEC Debunks Claim It Delisted Adebutu, Says He Remains Ogun PDP Candidate

By Akinwale Kasali

Contrary to reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has delisted Oladipupo Adebutu as the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  Ogun State, the electoral umpire says he remains the Candidate.

The Commission disclosed that Adebutu remains the authentic Candidate of the PDP listed for the March 18, 2023, Governorship Election in the State.

The news that the PDP has no Governorship Candidate to hoist its flag at the Polls on March 18th had gone viral on Social Media, before INEC debunked it.

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State were alleged to have been circulating the news that INEC has not recognised Adebutu as the Gubernatorial candidate of the party.

But, the Residence Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC in Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye dispelled the rumor, describing it as unfounded.

Ijalaye reacted to the rumor while speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, on Saturday.

“It is a rumor that is not founded, that is all”, Ijalaye said.

The INEC REC emphasized that, Adebutu remained the Governorship candidate of the PDP in the State and called on residents of the State to ignore it.

Ijalaye said, Adebutu would be participating in the election as the authentic Governorship candidate of the PDP.