Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), has clinched the Governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State ahead of the the incumbent deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi.
Jegede polled 888 votes to emerge as the candidate of the party ahead of other contestants including Agboola Ajayi who polled 687 votes and Eddy Olafeso with 175 votes.
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Other Contestants in the race also included Dr. Bayo Ayorinde with 95 votes, Banji Okunomo 90 votes, Senator Boluwaji Kunlere 33 votes, Sola Ebiseni 29 and Goodday Erewa with 13 votes.
About 2,122 delegates took part in the primary election from the 18 local government areas.
There were speculations that Agboola Ajayi who defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) would clinch the ticket, but Jegede beat him to fly the flag of the PDP in the October 10 Governorship election.
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