Olusola, the incumbent deputy
governor of Ekiti, is the preferred aspirant of Ayodele Fayose, governor of the
state. He beat
former party spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, who polled 770 votes. Total number of votes were 1,968
while 7 were void.
The third aspirant, Senator
Abiodun Olujimi, had earlier withdrawn shortly before the commencement of the
exercise for Adeyeye.
The voting, which started with
the members of the state executive, was done according to local government
areas.
The exercise was peaceful all
through.
Voting ended at 5:05pm and the
committee chaired by Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, gave the aspirants
the opportunity to comment about the poll before collation began.
Both aspirants expressed
satisfaction with the exercise.
There was tension in the hall
when the ballot papers were sorted in two different baskets and the difference
between the two aspirants appeared insignificant.
As agents had their eyes fixed on
the baskets, supporters moved from one end of the hall to the other.
When asked Fayose to
comment about the exercise and he said: “Interesting.” He was later heard
telling one of his aides: “Too close, I can’t believe it.”
Adeyeye polled 770 votes.
In his reaction, Olusola said: “I
appreciate God and thank the committee for doing a good job. I thank Prince
Adeyeye and Senator Olujimi for their courage.
“In journeys like this there
would be a divide. They are leaders of the party irrespective of what has
happened before this primary.
“They should join hands with the
party to win the ultimate which is the July 14 election. I commend all the
delegate for exercising their civic right.
“I urge all the political parties
to emulate the PDP in organising a peaceful, credible, free and fair primary.
“I will reach out to Prince
Adeyeye and Senator Olujimi and personally visit them. I appeal to them in the
overall interest of the party to work for our common goal.”
Olusola also thanked Fayose whom he described as his mentor. He said the PDP would record
another “16-0” in July election. Fayose won in all the local government areas
of the state in 2014.
Following the violence which
marred its primary on Saturday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) fixed
another exercise for Friday.
Whoever emerges on Friday will
face Olusola in the election.
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