PDP Plots Victory Ahead Ondo Governorship Election

By Ayodele Oni

Indication emerges on Monday that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state may settle for consensus arrangement in picking its governorship candidate for November election.

Working on various calculations to ensure its candidate occupies the Alagbaka government house, leadership of the party are rallying governorship aspirants to form a common front.

In realization of the dream to produce the next governor of Ondo State, the governorship aspirants of the party have met with the some leaders led by former Governor Olusegun Mimiko and some former chairmen of the party in the state.

Speaking after the meeting, one of the aspirants,  Sola Ebiseni noted that, “all the aspirants have been informed by the top echelon of the party to engender a rancour free primary.

“Our leaders are midwifing the process for a rancour free concensus with a view to securing the buy-in of all the aspirants to rally support for the consensus candidate.

“The ultimate for us is to have a candidate who everyone will rally round.

“In the fullness of time, PDP will come out with a candidate that all of us will rally round and will be seen not only by the opposition, but by the people of Ondo State that it has all it takes to run the state.”

PDP has had occupied the governorship seat of the state twice with late Dr Olusegun Agagu as the first followed by Mimiko that decamped from the Labour Party, (LP) to the party during his second term as governor.