INEC card reader has failed to recognise Eyitayo Jegede’s fingerprints. The couple has waited for five minutes now for that failure.It was the first time the machine has recorded the failure since voting started.Their daughter just voted a minute earlier.Details shortly
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A socio-cultural group has called on Ndigbo and the non-indegenes in Ondo state to throw their weight behind the reelection bid of the incumbent Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu ahead of the Saturday election. The group under the auspices of Ndigbo Patriotic Association said the governor deserved a second term in view of his developmental strides in
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced its national campaign council for the Ondo State governorship election scheduled to hold on 10th October. In a statement by the party on Wednesday, August 26, the PDP through its national spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, named Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state as the chairman of the campaign council.
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No fewer than four political parties contesting in the October 10, governorship election in Ondo State, that had made valid nominations have substituted their candidates, the Independent National Electoral Commission disclosed on Friday. According to INEC’s disclosure, the African Democratic Congress, Action Democratic Party, and the Peoples Democratic Party substituted their Deputy governorship candidates, while
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The National Executive Committee (NEC), of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), has granted clearance to the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, to contest under the platform of the party in the October 10, governorship election. Ajayi, had in June, defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC), joined the opposition Peoples Democratic Party
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Former Governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, may have reconciled with his former deputy, Alli Olanusi, for the sole purpose of delivering the current Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, in the October 10, Ondo governorship election. The DAILY VENDOR recalls that Mr. Mimiko, while in office as governor, had his then enstranged deputy,
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), candidate for Ondo State governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede, will announce his running mate tomorrow, Monday, July 27. Likely candidates are: Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi; Gboluga Ikengboju Dele; Hon. Benson Amuwa; Mrs. Banke Solton and Banji Okunomo, all from Ondo South senatorial district. Jegede is from Ondo Central while Governor Oluwarotimi
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Just less than a week after losing in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), primary election for the governorship seat in Ondo State, the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, might be on his way to joining the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) for the party’s ticket. This follows the deputy governor’s meeting with the immediate past governor of
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The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, is reportedly under pressure to pick the current Deputy Governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, as his running mate, party sources have revealed. The DAILY VENDOR news reported earlier that Ajayi, who dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), for the
Read moreSequel to his emergence as the gubernatorial standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the end of the party’s primaries in Ondo State on Wednesday, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede has stated that the end of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has come in the State. Jegede said this shortly after his victory in the
Read moreOndo State House of Assembly lawmakers have asked the state’s Deputy Governor, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, to take advantage of his much touted majority in the assembly to remove the Speaker, Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun, The Nation reports. This was prompted by the call that the Speaker should resign or be sacked, made by the Deputy Governor.
Read moreThe Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has filed a suit against no fewer than 26 lawmakers of the state House of Assembly for contempt following moves to impeach him. In the suit filed on Friday, Ajayi asked the Federal High Court in Akure to jail the 26 members for “deliberately plotting and executing plans to
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The Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ese- Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday resigned his membership of the party. The Chairman, Samuel Olorunwa Ajayi, who tendered his resignation letter at the party’s secretariat revealed that he has already decamped to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. According to Ajayi who confirmed
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Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akerodolu, who has tested positive for COVID-19 recently, has declared that there was no vacuum in the governance of the state, foreclosing the possibilities of handing over to his deputy, Agboola Ajayi. This is as the state government has allayed fears of residents over the increasing cases of Coronavirus in
Read moreFor watchers of political developments in Ondo State, the combination of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Hon. Agboola Ajayi must have been a perfect mix to lead the state during their inauguration in 2017. Governor Akeredolu, a technocrat with little background knowledge of the political permutations and intrigues of the state and Ajayi, a
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