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The Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff-led faction of the PDP has blamed the outgoing governor of Ondo State,
Olusegun Mimiko, for failure of the party to win Saturday’s
governorship election in the state.
Addressing
newsmen, yesterday, in Abuja, the deputy national chairman for the faction, Dr.
Cairo Ojougboh, said that impunity and lack of respect for the PDP constitution
and the rule of law were the major problems that led to the party’s failure in
the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections.
“In the
election, APC scored 244,842 votes while PDP scored 150,380 and AD scored
126,889 votes. It is a fact that the AD votes belong to PDP and the simple
arithmetic shows why PDP lost; our votes went to Oke and AD.
“When
Mimiko returned to the PDP, his fellow governors appealed to him to allow for
harmonisation but he refused. All the PDP members, led by Oke left the party
for him. In choosing a candidate to succeed him, he did not allow the PDP
members to buy forms. He mainly anointed Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, who was returned
unopposed.
“Party
members cried to the high heavens that Jegede is from the central zone where
Mimiko hails from. Their cries fell on deaf ears. On the other hand, the
authentic primary was conducted where six participants were involved and Dr.
Jimoh Ibrahim emerged.
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