Olabisi Kolawale is the PDP candidate for the Ekiti governorship poll scheduled for June 18
By Emma Ogbuehi
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) announced on Monday that it will present the Certificate of Return to Hon Olabisi Kolawale, who won the party’s primaries on Tuesday.
The primary election was held last week in preparation for the off-season, standalone Ekiti State governorship election scheduled to hold on June 18, 2022.
A statement by Hon. Umar. M. Bature, National Organizing Secretary of the PDP, themed, “Special Invitation,” said the event will hold at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) invites our leaders, critical stakeholders, members of our Party as well as the general public to the presentation of Certificate of Return to our candidate for the June 18, 2022 governorship election in Ekiti State, Hon Olabisi Kolawale,” the statement read.
“The event is scheduled to hold on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 at the National Executive Committee (NEC) Hall of the PDP National Secretariat, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja at 3pm prompt.
“Please note that Covid-19 protocols on public gathering will be strictly adhered to.”
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Olabisi Kolawole, reputed to be the anointed aspirant of the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, won the primaries conducted by the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Udom, Chairman of the Ekiti PDP Gubernational Primary Election.
Announcing the result, Udom said he polled 671 votes to defeat his closest rival, former governor Segun Oni, who got 330 votes.
Out of a total of 1,200 delegates that participated in the primaries, 1,185 votes were cast.
Besides Oni, former member, House of Representatives, Hon Wale Aribisala, scored 56 votes, former Deputy Governor Kolapo Eleka, 93, Ayodele Kazeem, 06, while Kayode Adaramodu scored 10 votes.
In the same vein, Mrs. Adekemi Adewumi got 0 vote, Lateef Ajijola, 03 and Mrs. Biodun Olujimi got 02 votes, though she had earlier withdrawn from the race.
Olujimi said her decision to withdraw from the primary was informed by alleged irregularities during the accreditation of delegates.
“I pulled out because every other aspirant has full compliments of delegates from their local government. It pleased the party to give me only 12 automatic delegates in mine,” she said.
Though the election which was held at the Great Eagles Hall in Ado Ekiti, started on schedule and was adjudged peaceful, Segun Oni has since rejected the outcome
Olabisi Kolawole, who hails from Efon in Ekiti Central Senatorial District, was elected a member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly in 2007 and was appointed a Commissioner for Environment in 2014 by Fayose.