History made itself on Thursday at Dome in Akure, the Ondo State capital as the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the state conducted its primary election orderly under the chairmanship of Laurence.. .., the deputy governor of Bayelsa state.
The exercise which was well coordinated and perfectly conducted with 621 delegates across the eighteen local governments.
The ballot papers issued for the election according to the chairman of the governorship primary said in total was 621 and all were well exhausted by the delegates.
The election started at exactly 3:50 Pm after the accreditation of delegates and later allowed the delegates into the main auditorium of the hall for voting.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa state deputy governor had earlier assured the people that, the election would be free, fair and credible in which it will stand as a template for other political parties to follow.
However, voting ended at exactly 5 : 00pm. Counting and sorting commenced immediately.
The seven contestants of the party who slugged it out with one another are : AJAYI Agboola
Sola Ebiseeni
Akinjo Kolade
Bamidele Akingboye
John Ola Mafo
Akinwumi Harrison and Bosun Arebuwa
AJAYI agboola pulled -264 votes
Akingboye Bamidele pulled – 24 votes
Akinjo kilade Victor -pulled 157 votes
Akinwumi Harrison – 64 votes
Arebuwa Tubosun – pulled 02
Sola Ebiseeni Ezekiel pulled – 99 Votes
John Mafo – 09 votes
AJAYI Agboola , former Deputy governor of the state, having pulled the highest votes of 264 ,declared winner of the Primary Election and becomes the flag bearer of the party for the governorship election in Ondo State
