A former candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has again collected his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo state.
He told reporters he is in the race to win and fulfill his dreams for the state.
He was at the party’s secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday where he promised to establish a deep sea port in the state if elected, and the party’s National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, assured that the coming primary to pick the party’s flag-bearer in the October 10 election, would be free, fair and credible.
Besides, Jegede vowed to tackle the schools dropout syndrome affecting children, empower youths, and bring integrity to politics in the state, if elected.
Asked how he would raise the funds to execute the ambitious deep sea port project he said: “If the current governor could use over N5 billion to build one small bridge, I can get the funds.”
Assuring that the July 22 governorship primary of the party in Ondo State would be credible and transparent, Secondus said: “The party (PDP) is known for conducting free, fair and credible primary elections and that of Ondo State will also be credible because we have the history of doing it right.”
He said the party would give every aspirant, who has also shown interest in the contest, a level playing field.
Secondus, who was represented by the PDP Deputy National Chairman (South), Mr Yemi Akinwonmi, said the responsibility of the party is to conduct a primary election that would be accepted by all.
His words: “The party (PDP) is known for conducting free, fair and credible primary elections and that of Ondo State will also be credible because we have the history of doing it right.
“We know you all and what you have done before and we are assuring that every process will be transparent. Although, our observation is that since Ondo people have been coming here for the form, they are all young men.
“So, it shows that the era of the old school is gradually fading away.”
In his response, Jegede said all the aspirants are working to ensure that the PDP emerges victorious in the forthcoming governorship poll.
He noted that the opposition party is ready to get back power from the incumbent All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.
