THE camp of the Zenith Labour Party in Ondo state was swelled Monday as one of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, Hon Banji Okunomo resigned his membership to joined the party.
Okunomo who was the former Publicity Secretary of the PDP and a former council chairman came fifth with 90 votes during the party’s primary in July.
He announced his resignation from the PDP at an Hotel in Okitipupa council area of the State.
Okunomo said he would officially leave the party with over 15, 000 members of the PDP across the 18 local governments of Ondo State during a formal declaration to be announced at a later date.
Recall that the choice of the deputy governor picked by the party’s governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede had continued to polarise the party and deepened its crisis.
National and state leaders of the party have pleaded with Jegede to pick one of the aspirants that contested the primary with him but he ignored them.
He later picked a National Assembly member, Hon lkengboju Gboluga.
Many of the aspirants have since withdrawn their support and went to their shell after Jegede picked Gboluga as his running mate.
Several meetings called by the candidate were shunned by the aspirants to show their displeasure to happenings within the party. We can’t win October governorship election – PDP chieftain
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Mr Solomon Bitire has said that the party cannot win the October 10 governorship election.
He announced his resignation from the PDP at an Hotel in Okitipupa council area of the State.
Okunomo said he would officially leave the party with over 15, 000 members of the PDP across the 18 local governments of Ondo State during a formal declaration to be announced at a later date.
Recall that the choice of the deputy governor picked by the party’s governorship candidate, Eyitayo Jegede had continued to polarise the party and deepened its crisis.
National and state leaders of the party have pleaded with Jegede to pick one of the aspirants that contested the primary with him but he ignored them.
He later picked a National Assembly member, Hon lkengboju Gboluga.
Many of the aspirants have since withdrawn their support and went to their shell after Jegede picked Gboluga as his running mate.
Several meetings called by the candidate were shunned by the aspirants to show their displeasure to happenings within the party. We can’t win October governorship election – PDP chieftain
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Mr Solomon Bitire has said that the party cannot win the October 10 governorship election.
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