Ondo Governorship: PDP Screening Committee Disqualifies Two Aspirants, Holds Ward Congresses

By Ayodele Oni

Two of the Governorship aspirants of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State have been reportedly disqualified by the party’s screening committee.

It was gathered that the screening committee, which sat in Abuja, scrutinized credentials and had verbal discussions with all the seven aspirants last week.

It was not immediately known those that did not meet the party’s criteria for the governorship contest, but those five aspirants cleared were immediately notified.

This is just as the party will on Monday, commence ward congresses to pick delegates for the party’s primary election.

Already,  Senator Abba Moro has been appointed as the chairman of the State Ward Congress Electoral Committee.

The committee is saddled with the responsibility of conducting the  ward congress for the purpose of electing three ad-hoc delegates per ward, one of whom shall be a woman.

The congress is expected to hold at the secretariat at each of the 203 wards in the state.

The National Publicity Secretary of the Party, Debo Ologunagba, in a statement, confirmed other members of the committee as Tom Zakari, Comrade Isaiah Makinde and Chief David Kolawole Vaughan, with Nheoma Ndu, a lawyer, as secretary.

“The NWC charges all governorship aspirants, leaders, critical stakeholders and members of our great party in Ondo State to take note and be guided accordingly.”