{"id":27762,"date":"2020-07-23T15:55:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=27762"},"modified":"2020-07-23T15:55:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:55:23","slug":"atiku-reacts-as-jegede-defeats-akeredolus-deputy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/atiku-reacts-as-jegede-defeats-akeredolus-deputy","title":{"rendered":"Atiku reacts as Jegede defeats Akeredolu\u2019s deputy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Eyitayo Jegede for emerging winner of the just concluded Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election in Ondo State.<\/p>\n

Jegede defeated Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi to clinch the ticket.<\/p>\n

Out of the 2111 delegates who voted during the primaries which lasted about eight hours, Jegede who was the standard-bearer of the party in 2016, polled 888 votes to emerge the winner, while his closest rival, Agboola Ajayi scored 667.<\/p>\n

Following the outcome, Jegede will slug it out with Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the APC in the upcoming governorship election on October 10, 2020.<\/p>\n

Reacting, Atiku on Twitter called on all stakeholders to support Jegede in the main election.<\/p>\n

He wrote, \u201cCongratulations @TayoJegedeSAN, on your emergence as the candidate of the @OfficialPDPNig for the Ondo state governorship election coming up in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that a candidate has emerged in the keenly contested primary, it is time for Mr Eyitayo Jegede working in concert with our great party, @OfficialPDPNig, to forge a united front to win the election.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is incumbent upon us as one big, united family, to reach out to other contestants and stakeholders for us to build a formidable arsenal that will ensure clear victory at the polls.\u201d<\/p>\n