{"id":168801,"date":"2025-07-08T20:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo"},"modified":"2025-07-08T21:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T20:59:43","slug":"2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo","title":{"rendered":"2027: Two ex-PDP governorship candidates join ADC in Ondo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Two former governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede and Chief Agboola Ajayi, have officially dumped the party for the opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Their alignment with the coalition is reportedly aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Other prominent defectors to the coalition include former Senator representing Ondo South, Nicholas Tofowomo; former House of Representatives member, Prof. Bode Ayorinde; ex-PDP State Chairman, Tola Alabere; and former PDP Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration of the state chapter of the coalition, the coordinator, Prof. Bode Ayorinde, declared that the movement is gaining momentum across Ondo\u2019s local government areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the local governments are with us. Our numbers are increasing, and we will continue to build on the momentum,\u201d Ayorinde said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the coalition is not distributing money but is focused on grassroots mobilization and inclusive politics, stating that membership cards will soon be shared across wards and local government areas.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted his disinterest in elective office, urging leaders at the ward level to embrace inclusive politics as the state prepares for the next governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking, former PDP Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, described the coalition as a necessary response to the current political climate, noting that many political bigwigs have already aligned with the ADC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Two former governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede and Chief Agboola Ajayi, have officially dumped the party for the opposition coalition, the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Their alignment with the coalition is reportedly aimed at challenging President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration in 2027. Other prominent defectors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[13554,118,254,339,65],"class_list":["post-168801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-13554","tag-adc","tag-nigeria","tag-ondo","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2027: Two ex-PDP governorship candidates join ADC in Ondo - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two former governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede and Chief Agboola ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2027: Two ex-PDP governorship candidates join ADC in Ondo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two former governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede and Chief Agboola ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T19:54:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-08T20:59:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751995836.14367.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2027: Two ex-PDP governorship candidates join ADC in Ondo\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-08T19:54:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-08T20:59:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1751995836.14367.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2027\",\"ADC\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ondo\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2027-two-ex-pdp-governorship-candidates-join-adc-in-ondo\",\"name\":\"2027: Two ex-PDP governorship candidates join ADC in Ondo - 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