The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South West and a governorship aspirant of the party in Ondo state, Dr Eddy Olafeso, has declared that no aspirant would step down for Ondo Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi.
Ajayi is expected to decamp from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, into the PDP to realise his governorship ambition, a move which has caused a rift between him and his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN.
Olafeso, also a former Information commissioner in the Olusegun Agagu administration, was responding to reported comments by a National Working Committee member of the PDP that Ajayi might be picked as the candidate of the party on the condition of serving only one term in office.
While dismissing the report, Olafeso said Agboola was not yet a member of the PDP and has not collected nomination or expression of interest forms.
According to him: “I can confirm to you that as of today, only six people have collected the PDP governorship form for the election. Erewa, Okunomo, Ayorinde, Jegede, Eddy and Oba Akingboye.
“In the tradition of PDP, it is only the delegates who determine who become their governor. You can check the interview of our National Chairman of yesterday, and he has already established that while we encourage people to join us, due process is constantly followed whatever you want to become in the party.
“The NWC has not taken any decision, people can participate but nobody is stepping down for anybody. The decision of who becomes governor is taken by the people.”
