Primary Election: Ondo Deputy Governor Warns PDP Members Against Mudslinging

Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, has warned governorship aspirants and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state against mudslinging ahead of the party’s primary election.

Ajayi said this in Akure on Monday through the Director General of his Campaign Organisation, Dr Kola Ademujimi.

He said aspirants must refrain from disparaging comments because these could jeopardise the chances of the opposition party in the governorship poll scheduled for October 10.

He said members of the party just be civil in their comments since their aim was to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress and install a people friendly government in the state.

He described the claims that Ajayi was a new entrant in PDP as untrue. He said the deputy governor was one of the pioneer members of the party when it was formed in 1998.

Ademujimi said Ajayi left the PDP for APC in 2016 due to political exigencies and he had returned back home.

He said, “From 1998 when he joined the PDP, till 2016 when political exigencies drove him out of the party, he has conducted himself as a bridge-builder and a conscious networker in and out the party and politics.

“His humility, uncommon large-heartedness and generosity, palpable political dexterity and convincing demonstration of political sportsmanship have consummated his wide acceptance within a short period of his return to the party he helped uphold its umbrella for 18 years.

“We are thankful for this uncommon show of love and trust, which we at the Alfred Agboola Ajayi Campaign Organisation (3ACO) have enjoyed across the 18 LGAs during our statewide tour and assure you that we will never take it for granted.

“The 3ACO is proud of the untiring and creative strategies with which we presented our aspirant as a competent grassroots politician who rose through the ranks to serve in many executive positions at both the party and government levels.

” His legislative experience as a former member of the House of Representatives added to his widely accepted political resume of over three decades among our party members.

“Our campaign issues were purely about positioning our party as a formidable, organised and victory-ready political platform for the sustainable development of party men and women as well as the non-partisan masses, technocrats and civil servants of the Sunshine State.”